42 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



Baba, see Torres islands. 



Babagarai, or Smith islet on the southeast coast of New Guinea. 



Babeltop, of the Pelew group, is also spelled Baobeltaob, etc. It is of irregular shape, 

 20 ni. X-S. Alt. Aremolunguj is 2000 ft. high. Northeast end, 7^ 40' 30" N., 



134° 38' 45" E- _ 

 Bacon, Fiji, is a white rock 60 ft. high covered with guano within Argo reefs. i7°04's., 



178° 25' w. 

 Badenetl, see Moali, Loyalty archipelago. 

 Badila beddabedda bonarua, westernmost and largest of the Brumer group on the 



coast of New Guinea, in 10' 45' 24" .s., 150° 23' 03" E. It is 2.5 m. long, half a 



mile wide and 670 ft. high. 

 Bagabag, or Rich, the Sir R. Rich of Dampier, is 4 m. in circumference and 1500 ft. 



high. It is in 4° 50' S., 140° 12' E. 10. 

 BagaimotU, islet of the Tongan group. 

 Bagaman, or Stanton of the Louisiade archipelago is 2.5 m. E-w. by 1.7 m., and 720 



ft. high. 11° 08' s., 152'" 40' E. 

 Bagamoti, islet southeast coast of New Guinea, near Sideia; 115 ft. high. 

 Bagavirana, of the Conflict group, Louisiade archipelago. An atoll 10 m. E-w. by 



5 m. N-s. Ten islets uninhabited; covered with Casuarina trees. Visited by H. 



M. S. Conflict in 1880. 10° 46' S., 151° 46' E. 

 Bagga, islet in bight on west side of Vella Lavella, Solomon islands. 7° 47' s., 



156 30 E. 

 Bagiagia, or Markham of the D'Entrecasteaux group, is an islet in Moresby strait 



between Dauila and Moratau. 9° 25' .S., 150' 25' E. 

 Baibara, islet on coast of New Guinea. 10° 20' s., 149° 36' E. 

 Baibesika, islet on southeast coast of New Guinea, a mile east of Suau, 1.5 m. by 



0.5 m., 560 ft. high; cultivated. 

 Baiiri, largest of the Dumoulin group; 365 ft. high, with few inhabitants. io°54'i7"s., 



150° 44' 52" E. 

 Baiwa, with Pana wadi and Pana roran in the Renard group, Louisiade archipelago. 

 Baker, or New Nantucket, was discovered by Captain H. Foster of the \>2iX0^\& Jamaica. 



Taken by the United States in 1857. A guano island i m. E-w., 0.7 m. wide, 20 ft. 



high, o" 13' 30" N., 176"' 29' 30" w. 

 Balabio, off the northwest point of New Caledonia. 



Baldwin, islet of the Yasawa group, Fiji. 17° 26' 50" s., 177° 00' 45" E. 14. 

 Ballale, islet northeast of Shortland, Solomon islands. 6° 58' S., 155° 52' E. 

 Bampton, see Parama, coast of New Guinea. 

 Banabana, or Grange, on the coast of New Guinea, is low and wooded. ' 10° 22' S., 



148' 54' E. 

 Banepe, see Panavi, Santa Cruz group. 

 Banga Netepa, see Panavi, Santa Cruz group. 

 Banganeda, see Matema. 13. 



Banks, in Torres strait. 10" 12' S., 142° 15' E. 8. 

 Banks, in Spencer gulf, South Australia. 34" 30' S., 136° 20' E. 



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