156 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



Three Sisters, rounded islets near east point of Bultig, Ncav Guinea. io° 13' s., 



142" 19' K. 

 Three Sisters, Las Tres Marias or Olnnialau of the Solomon islands. About 10° S., 



162° E.; 230-250 ft. high. The south island is named Malaupina, the north one 



Alita. 

 Thrum Cap, see Akiaki of the Paumotu archipelago. 

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



Thumbu, islet 100 ft. high at the mouth of Rakiraki river, north coast of \'iti levu, Fiji. 

 Thursday, see Waiben. Centre of Pearl and Trepang fisheries. 

 Ti-a, islet at the north end of New Caledonia. 



Tiae, islet at the entrance to Tanle bay on the northwest coast of New Caledonia. 

 Tiano, islet on west coast of Raiatea, Society islands. 



Tidiaut, two islets off Cape Baye on the northeast coast of New Caledonia. 

 Tienghiene, islet at the mouth of Nehue bay on the northwest coast of New Caledonia. 

 Tiere, wooded islet of Tahiti, opposite Tomotai valley. 

 Tiga, Tika or Boucher, of the Loyalty group, S-io m. in circumference, 150 ft. high, 



with fringing reef. Used as a dump for the worst natives. 21° 29'2o"s., 168° 17'E. 

 Tiger, an island "inhabited by ferocious savages," discovered b}' Captain Bristow in 



1817; 6.7 m. E-w. i°45's., 142° iS'e. Probably identical with Matty, which see. 8. 

 Tikahau or Krusenstern, of the Paumotu archipelago, was discovered by Kotzebue in 



1S15. A small, wooded island 10 m. in diameter, with a lagoon and inhabitants. 



The north point is in 14° 52' S., 148° 15' 15" w. 20. 

 Tikei or Romanzoff, of the Paumotu archipelago, was discovered April 20, 1S15, by 



Otto von Kotzebue and named for Prince Romanzoff. i4°57's., i44°35'3o"w.O 31. 

 Timboor, of the Yasawa group, Fiji; high. 16° 40' s., 177° 30' 30" e.Q 

 Timoe or Crescent, of the Paumotu archipelago, was discovered by Captain Wilson in 



the /)/(^, in 1797; iininhabited. Northeast point is in 23° 17's., 134° 34' io"w. 22. 

 Tinakula or Tamani is a permanently adlive volcano 2200 ft. high, in the Santa Cruz 



group. British protectorate declared August 18, 1898. 10° 23'3o"s., i65°47'3o"e. 

 Tindal, see Ailuk of the Marshall islands. 6. 



Tingolanu, a low island off Marovo, Solomon islands; 3-4 m. n-s. 8°43's., i58°i5'e. 

 Tinian, of the Marianas, was discovered by Magalhaes, March 6, 152 1. He called it 



Bona Vista; 10 m. n-s., 4.5 m. E-w.; 234 inhabitants in 1887. 14° 59' 22" n., 



145° 33' E. Low, but volcanic. See map under Marianas. 

 Tiokea, see Takaroa of the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 

 Tioae, islets in baj- of the same name near Noumea, New Caledonia. 

 Tioki, islet of Fakaako. 9° 24' 20" vS., 171° 12' w. 



Tipamau, islet at the entrance to Fairoa bay, Raiatea, Society islands. 

 Tiri, a group of low, mangrove-covered islands off Vanua levu, Fiji. Consists of Wil- 

 liams, Green, Mills, Finer, Pulh', Richmond and Day. 

 Tiritiri, in Auckland harbor, New Zealand. 



Tissot, see Baibesika, 3 m. east from South cape, of New Guinea. 

 TisungatU, islet of Fakaafo. 9° 24' 35" S., 171° 12' w. 

 Tjan, islet of Maloelab, Marshall islands. 8" 52' 39" N., 171° 01' 31" E. 



Tnaguinui, islet of Nui, on the east side ; inhabited. Ellice islands. 



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