44 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC I SI AMDS. 



Bau, see Mbaii, Fiji. 



Baudissitl, is at the northwest end of New Ireland, Bismarck archipelago, and ex- 

 tends 7 m. E-w. 2° 46' s., 150' 40' K. 



Bauro, see San Cristobal, Solomon islands. II. 



Baux, see Nuknhiva, Marquesas group. 23. 



Bavo, islet 3 m. K. from Idilia on the Southeast coast of New Guinea. 



Baxo trista, islet on southeast end of Oraluk reef, Caroline group, 50 ft. high. 

 7 27' X., 155° 24' E. 4. 



Bayonnaise, islet at south entrance to Kuto bay, Isle of Pines. Named from French 

 ship. 



Beacon, islet of Australia. 12° 48' s., 143° 36' E. 



Beagle, islet of Guadalcanar, Solomon islands. 11. 



Beaupre, or Eo of the Loyalty group, northwest of Uea, was discovered in 1782 by 

 D'Entrecasteaux. Covered with coconut trees; inhabited. 20° 20' s. Named for 

 the Geographical Engineer of the Recherche. 



Beautiful, a group in the Gulf of Carpentaria, north coast of Australia. 



Bedford, see Vehanga of the A^lseon group. 33. 



Bee, on the south shore of Huon gulf. 7' 30' s., 147" 27' E. 



Beechey, islands of the Bonin group. 27^ 08' N., 142" 15' E. Annexed by Japan. 



Beika, on the southeast coast of New Guinea, east of Sariba; 130 ft. high; densely 

 wooded. 



Belcher = Taravai, islet of Mangareva. 



Belep, five islets and a number of rocks northwest from New Caledonia. 13. 



Bellevue, group on the coast of New Guinea. Jervis island is the principal. 9°56's., 

 142" 09' E. 



Bellingshausen, Society- group, was discovered by Kotzebue in 1S24. It is low 

 and uninhabited. Named for the distinguished Russian navigator. 15° 48' S., 

 154° 30' w. 30. 



Bellona, of the Solomon group, was discovered by Captain Wilkinson in the Indis- 

 pensable^ 1790. It is small, 400 ft. high, and uninhabited. August 18, 1898, it 

 was declared a part of the British Solomon islands Protectorate. 11 25' S., 



159° 45' E. II. 

 Bentinck, one of the Wellesley group in the gulf of Carpentaria. 

 Bentley, see Anagusa, Louisiade archipelago. 

 Bega, see Mbenga of Fiji. 

 Berriberrije, or Slade, Louisiade archipelago, is the northwest and most conspicuous 



of the Engineer group, 1.7 m. NW-SE., half a mile wide, 596 ft. high. 10° 37' s., 



151 16 E. 

 Bertrand, on the north coast of New Guinea. 3° ii's., 143° 10' E. Low and wooded, 



near Schouten. 



Berry, islet 60 ft. high, of the St. Andrew group, Admiralty islands. 



Berud, see Kuria of the Gilbert islands. 



Bet, see Burrar in Torres strait. 



Beverley, a group off the east coast of Queensland, Australia. 21 30' s., 149° 45' E. 



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