INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 43 



Banks group was discovered by Quiros and visited by Bligh in May, 1789. It con- 

 sists of Vanua Lava, Gaua, Mota, Valua, Ureparapara, with twelve islets. An- 

 nexed by Great Britain iVngust 18, 1898. 13. 



BaranagO, islet 120 ft. high in Utnha passage, south coast of Florida, Solomon islands. 



Barclaj' de Tolly, see Raroia of the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 



Barena, of the Stewart islands or vSikaiana. Ii. 



Baring, see Namorik of the Marshall group. 6. 



Barn, off Australian coast. 10° 49' s., 142° 18' R. 



Barnard, N., coast of Australia. 17" 41' .s., 146° 12' E. 



Barnard, S., coast of Australia. 17' 52' S., 146" 11' E. 



Barr, islet on the north side of Mille, Marshall group, east side of entrance to lagoon. 

 6° 14' X., 171° 46' E. 6. 



Barren (Cape), northeast from Tasmania, east entrance to Banks strait; 2300 ft. 

 high. Another island of the same name is in the Hunter group northwest of 

 Tasmania. 40"^ 25' and 40° 32' S. 



Barrier (Great), in Hauraki gulf. New Zealand, also called Otea, is 21 m. by 10 m., 

 and 2130 ft. high. In the same gulf is Little Barrier, 9 m. west from Great 

 Barrier. Also called Houtourou. 4 m. N-.S., 3.7 m. E-w.; 2400 ft. high. 



Barrier islands, in the channel between Dauila and ^Nloratau of the D'Entrecasteaux 

 group. 9' 24' S., 150° 25' E. 9. 



Barrington, of the Galapagos, was named by Colnett. o 50' 30" .s., 90 10' \v. 



Barrow, see Vanavana of the Paumotu archipelago. 



Bartlett, islet of Tutuila, Samoan islands, off Massefau ba^'. 



Barwell, see Tiicopia. 13. 



Basilaki, or Moresby, is a well wooded, denselv populated island noted for the careful 

 cultivation of kalo, sago, betelnut, sugar, Indian corn, etc. It is 10 m. E-w. b}- 3.5 

 m.; 1326 ft. high. 10' 37' s., 151' 00' 35" E. 9. 



Basilisk, see Sideia, New Guinea. 



Bass, islet of Taumaco group. 13. 



Bass islands, or Maretiri, are 46 m. E. by s. from Rapa. Four islets, 346 ft. high, 

 discovered by Captain Bass who first sailed through the strait, which bears his 

 name, between Australia and Tasmania. 27 55' 30" s., 143 ' 28' 20" w. 



BaSSakanna, a circular islet off the northwest coast of Malaita, Solomon group. 

 8" 22' ,S., 160° 29' E. 



Basses, are low coral islands in the Louisiade archipelago. 10° 58' .s., 152" 45' E. 

 Gumaian is the largest and easternmost, Abaevara is at the other extreme, and 

 Leiga with Isurauaraua complete the group. 



Bass, reef-tied islet of Maloelab, Marshall group. 6. 



Bat, the westernmost of the Purdy group, discovered by Captain Bristow in 18 17, con- 

 sists of two flat islands and islet covered with coconut trees and enclosed bv reef 

 close to which no bottom at 20 fathoms. 2" 51' .S., 146° 12' E. lO. 



Batanta, a long, narrow and mountainous island on the coast of New Guinea. 



Bateman, a low islet of the Underwood group, Fiji. 17° 40' 30" s., 177° 14' 20" E. 



Batiki, or Mbatiki, Fiji, is near the centre of the group; is 2 m. in diameter and 609 

 ft. high. Population in 1880, 342. 17 46' .s., 179" 10' E. 



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