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Tenararo or Bedford island, in the A<5lseon group of the Paumotu archipelago, is 2 m. 

 in diameter, with a closed lagoon. About 20 inhabitants. 21° 18' S., 136° 42' w. 



Tenartinga or ]\Iinto, of the A(5lseon group in the Paumotu archipelago, is 7 m. north- 

 west from Jvlaturei vavao. 21° 22' S., 136° 34' w. 2,2,. 



Te Ndu encloses Port Laguerre on the west. On the southwest side of New Cale- 

 donia ; I m. N-s. 



Tenia, islet on the north side of St. Vincent passage, on the southwest side of New 

 Caledonia. 



TepotO or Ofiti (the Eliza of Mauruc) was discovered \>y Bellingshausen in 1S20. 

 Of the Raeffsky group iu the Paumotu archipelago. 16° 48' vS., 144° 19' w. 21. 



Terio, islet of Apaiang, Gilbert islands. 1° 48' 30" n., 173° 01' E. 



Tern, on the Australian coast. 11° S., 142° 46' K. 



Testard, two islets on the southwest side of New Caledonia. 



Teste, see Wari on the New Guinea coast. 



Tetaro, islet on the northeast part of the outer reef of Raiatea, Society islands. 



Tetiaroa, a chart form of Tetuaroa, Societ}- islands. 30. 



Tetuaroa, of the Society islands, was discovered b}' Quiros, February, 1606. A reef 

 with a dozen i-slets, wooded. East end is in 17° 07' 15" S., 149° 29' 30" w. 



TetopotO (Disappointment islands of Byron), of the Paumotu archipelago, covers 

 about 9 sq. m.; no lagoon ; uninhabited( ? ); large trees. 14^08' s., 141° 16' w. 31. 



Teuaua, islet of Uapu in Shavaj' bay, Marquesas islands. 



Teumah, islet at the northwest extremity of Onoatoa, Gilbert islands, i 53' S., 



175° 30' R- 



Tevai, within the reef of Yanikoro; 9 m. in circumference; high. 



Tevairoa, islet of Bolabola, Societ}' islands. 



Tevala, one of the Shepherd islands. New Hebrides; small and almost inaccessible; 

 324 ft. high at the west end. 



Thakaundrove, islet in Uaikava harbor on the south coast of Vanua levu, Fiji. 



Thakavi, islet on the north coast of Vanua levu, Fiji. 



Thangalai, south from IMoturiki on the southeast coast of \"iti levu, Fiji. 17 47'46"s., 

 1 7 8' 46' 40" E. 



Thikombia (Cicobia), one of the Exploring islands, Fiji; 5 m. northeast from Munia; 

 3 m. SE-NW.; 1.7 m. wide; north end is in 15° 47' 40" S., 180° 09' E. 14- 



Thithia (Cicia), a fertile, inhabited island 4X3 ni., 300 ft. high. Northwest point is 

 in \f 44' 30" s., 180° 42' E. 14. 



Thombia, the highest of the Ringgold group, is the crater of an extinct volcano, iu 

 the centre of which is a lake 24 fathoms deep ; whole island not quite 2 m. in cir- 

 cumference; 590 ft. high. 



Thompson, Fiji. 18° 30' 45" s., 177° 36' 45" e.© 



Thornton, see Caroline. 



Three Hills, of the New Hebrides, is 6 m. NE-.SW., and 2.5 m. wide. Mae is the cen- 

 tral district and is pure Polynesian, while the languages on the other side are 

 Melanesian. The three hills are, from the east, 1850, 1450 and 1400 ft. high. 

 17° 05' S., 168' 19' E. 13. 



Three Kings, group northwest from Cape Marie van Dienien, New Zealand. 



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