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Atafu, or Oatafu, a closed coral lagoon of the Union group, discovered by Byron in 

 1765. Also called Duke of York. It is 3 m. R-w., 2.5 m. N-s., 8-10 ft. high. There 

 are said to be 63 islets covered with pandanus and coconut trees. Some 260 in- 

 habitants; subject to Fakaafo. 8° 39' 40" S., 172' 28' 10" w. British protectorate 

 proclaimed June 22, 1S89. 17. 



Atana, a chain of islets lying northwest from Rotuma. The eastern is Wea ( Emery); 

 the western, Athaluna. 



Atangota, islet northwest from Rotuma. 12" 30' s., 177° 14' E. 



Atata, islet northwest from Tongatabu, Tongan group. 21" 03' S., 175° 15' \v. 



Athaluna, one of the Atana chain, northwest of Rotuma. 



Atit, is a low, wooded islet in Tuo passage on the northeast coast of New Caledonia. 



Atiu, of the Hervey group, was discovered by Cook March 31, 1777; called by him 

 Wateeoo. It is 100 m. north from Mangaia, 20 m. in circumference, of uplifted 

 coral, 394 ft. high. 19" 59' s., 158° 06' w. 33. 



AtO, islet of the Yasawa group, Fiji, between Matathoni and Yangati. 16° 59' 30" S., 

 177° 18' 25" E. 14. 



Attack, see Angriffe, Bismarck archipelago. 10. 



Attack, islet in delta of the Fly river. New Guinea. 



Auckland, an uninhabited group belonging to New Zealand, discovered in 1806. 

 Northeast cape, 50° 30' 25" .S., 166° 19' 12" E. 



Aukena, islet of Mangareva. Also called Elson. 



Aulong, see Orolong of the Pelew group. 



AuotU, of the Hervey group, was discovered by Cook in 1773. It is a twdn islet with 

 Manuae enclosed by one reef, barren, with few inhabitants. 19" 14' S., 158° 58' w. 24. 



Aura, or Duperrey, is an islet of Mokil in the Carolines. 6 40' N., 159° 53' E. 5. 



Aura, see Kaukura in the Paumotu archipelago. 15° 41' s., 146° 50' 30" w. 



Aureed, islet in Torres strait. 9° 57' S., 143" 17' E. 



Aurh, Ibbetson or Traversey of the Marshall islands, is 15 m. long and from 4 to 9 m. 

 wide. The lagoon is deep and surrounded with 32 islets. The northeast point 

 is in 8° 18' N., 171° 12' E. 



Aurobu, islet 150 ft. high on the south side of Bagamau in the Louisiade archipelago. 



Aurora, see Maiwo of the New Hebrides. 



Aurora, see Makatea of the Paumotu archipelago. 



Austral, or Tubuai group, a name given by Mr. Williams in his "Missionary Enter- 

 prises in the South Seas" to a group of very little known islands in the southeast 

 Pacific. The}' belong to France. Population, 1875, according to French reports. 

 Of the group Vavitao is 100 ft. high, and w'as discovered by Broughton in 1791; 

 Tubuai discovered by Cook 1777; Rurutu, discovered by Cook in 1769, is 1300 ft. 

 high ; Rimatera, discovered by Henry and Norurotu, Hull, Maria and Sands, dis- 

 covered by J. R. Sands in 1845, complete the list. 



Autano, an islet of Fakaafo, of the Union group. 9^ 24' 55" S., 171° 12' w'. 



Avea, of the Exploring group, Fiji, is a small island northeast from Vanua mbalavu, 

 3 m. in circumference and 600 ft. high. Population, 40. 17" 10' 30" S., 181° 06' E. 



Awakalo, see Alewakaloii, Fiji. 



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