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Yalangalala, uninhabited islet, Fiji. 16° 49' 30" S., 180° 57' 20" E.© 



Yambu, uninliabited island, 170 ft. high near Vuro, off Kandavu, Fiji. 



Yamiga, islet on the southwest coast of New Giiinea. 



Yande, 6 m. west from Paaba on the northwest coast of New Caledonia; 1070 ft. high, 



inhabited and well cultivated. 

 Yandua, high, inhabited island, 12 m. in circumference; Loto peak, S75 ft. high, is 



in 16° 49' s., 178° 16' E. 

 Yanguel, see Kayangle of the Pelew islands. 



Yanganga, islet 887 ft. high on the north coast of Vanua levu, Fiji. 

 Yaniba, largest of the group on the north side of the outer ring of Egum atoll; 14 



islets, the highest 150 ft. Population 200. 9° 20' 30" .S., 151° 55' E. 

 Yanutha lailai and Yanutha levu, two islets between Ovalau and Moturiki, Fiji. 

 Yanutha loa, off the west coast of Vanua mbalavu, Fiji; 160 ft. high. 

 Yanuya, inhabited island of the Manianutha i thake group, Fiji. 

 Yanu yanti eloma, gras.sy islet 140 ft. high on the Kandavu reef, Fiji. 

 Yanu yanu sau, islet 80 ft. high on the reef of Kandavu, Fiji. 

 Yap or Ouap, of the Caroline islands, is on a reef 35X5 n:. A volcanic peak 11 70 ft. 



high. The north islet is in 9^ 37' N., i38°o8'e. Population 8000, Malaj^ with slight 



Polynesian admixture. The stone money of the group consists of wheels of aragon- 



ite from 6 in. to 12 ft. in diameter. See photograph in The Caroline Islands^ by 



F. W. Christian, 1899, p. 236. 

 Yaroua, islet of Tuvutha, Lau group, Fiji. 

 Yarru, on the New Guinea coast. 9° 07' S., 143° 12' E. 



Yaruman, islet 285 ft. high, northeast from Pana numara, Louisiade archipelago. 

 Yasau-i-lau, near Yasawa, Fiji; 0.5 m. long, 437 ft. high. i6°5i'4o"s., i77°26'4o"e.O 

 Yasawa group, Fiji, consists of Timboor, Kiusick, Yasawa, Asawa, Ovawa, Androna, 



Yasawailau, Otovawa, Nansia, Nangati, Matathoni levu, Yangati, Naviti, Eld, Fox, 



Agate, Sinclair, Waia, Waialailai, Waia lailai thake, Biwa, Knox, Ombi, Baldwin, 



Davis, Totten, Lewin, Yomo. 

 Yasawa, inhabited island 8X2 m., 781 ft. high, in the group to which it gives name. 



The north point is in 16° 43' s., 177^ 30' 05" E. 14. 

 Yaukuve or Maj', islet of Ono, Fiji; 400 ft. high. 

 Yaukuve lailai, near by, is 200 ft. high. 



Yavurimba, uninhabited islet of Mamanutha ira group, Fiji. 

 Yavutha, islet 240 ft. high, of the Angasa group, Fiji. 

 Yeccla, islet of the Carteret group. Bismarck archipelago. 

 Yeharnu, islet of the Carteret group. 



Yeina, north from Tagula, Louisiade archipelago. 11° 20' S., 153^ 28' E. 

 Yendua, see Yandua, Fiji. 



Yengiebane, islet near Paaba on the northwest coast of New Caledonia. 

 Yenoe, islet in Banare bay on the northwest coast of New Caledonia. 

 Yermaloff, of Bellingshausen, is Taenga of the Paumotu archipelago. 31. 

 York, a group in Torres strait, 9° 44' s., 143° 25' E. This group is shown on the 



Surveyor-General's fine map of Queensland and British New Guinea, 1S96, but I 



have been unable to find auv description. 



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