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Toahotu, islet off Tahaa, Society islands. 30. 



Toamaro, islet off west side of Raiatea, Society islands. 



ToaSS, islet of Elato, Caroline islands. 7^ 24' 30" N., 146° 19' E. 



Toau or Elisabeth, of the Paumotu archipelago, lagoon atoll with many islets ; 20 ni. 

 E-w. All the fish in the lagoon are said to be poisonous. The southeast point is 

 in 15° 58' S., 145° 49' 30" w. 31. 



Tobi, Lord North or Neville, was discovered on the ship Lord North in 1781 ; 1.5 m. 

 long, well wooded, inhabited. 3° 03' N., 131° 04' E. 



Tobin, in Torres strait. 10" 06' 30" s., i42°2i'e. Tobin Cay is in 9^37's., 143° 40' E. 



Toemo, islet in Port Goro at the south end of New Caledonia. 



Tofua {ivhalc in Tongan ), a volcano 5 m. in diameter, 2800 ft. high. 19° 45's., I75°03'\v. 



Tog or South (called Pukapuka hy the traders) is an inhabited island of the Torres 

 group, 9 m. in circumference, and 600 ft. high. 



Tokelau, see Fakaafo. 



Tokelau or Union group consists of Atafu with 63 islets, Nukunau with 93 islets, 

 and Fakaafo with 62. 17. 



Tokikimoa, islet of Fakaafo. 9° 24' 32" S., 171° 12' w. 



Tokoeoa, islet on the north of Mille, Marshall islands, at the west side of the entrance 

 to the lagoon. 



Tokoriki, uninhabited islet of Mamanutha i thaki group, Fiji. 



Tokowa, islet on the west side of the entrance to Port Rliin, Mille, Marshall islands. 



Toku, a low island, 11 m. ESE. from Amargura or Fonualei, Tongan islands. i8°o8's., 

 174° oS' w. 18. 



Tokuna, Toguna or Alcester, 3 islets within one reef in the Trobriaud group. 9° 29' S., 

 152 ' 30' 45" E. The name seems to belong rather to the people than to the islands. 



Tol, islet of Ruk, Caroline islands ; 10 m. in circumference, 700 ft. high ; largest of 

 the Faitruk group in the western part of the lagoon. 7° 2i'o8"n., i5i°39'22"e. 



Tombarua, low island of Fiji. 17° 59' 46" s., 178° 45' 10" E.O 



Tomman or Urn, off the southwest coast of Malekula, New Hebrides; i m. NW-SE., 

 260 ft. high. 



Tonga (Toga) or Friendly Islands, a group of 150 islands and islets occupied by 

 some 22,000 inhabitants. It is essentially a volcanic group, although many of the 

 islands are low. The group was discovered b}- Tasman in 1643. Tongatabu he 

 called Amsterdam, Eua Middleburgh, and Naniuka Rotterdam. Cook was there 

 both on his second and third voj^ages, and gave the name Friendly. The Span- 

 iard iMaurelle discovered Vavau in 1781. The government is a limited monarchy, 

 the seat of government at Nukualofa on Tongatabu. Now England controls the 

 group.* The Wesleyan mission was established in 1S26, and the inhabitants are 

 all Christian. The group has not been fully surve3'ed. 18. 



Tongaravu, islet 70 ft. high off the east coast of Viti levu, Fiji. 



Tongareva or Penrhyn was discovered by Sever in the ship Lady PciirJiyu. An atoll 

 12X7 J^M ^"*^ 50 ^t. high; the lagoon is 9 m. across and contains 15 islets. In 1863 

 it was almost depopulated by Peruvian slavers. March 22, 1S88, it was annexed 

 to Great Britain. Tongareva means Tonga in the heavens. 9°o6'25"s., i58°02'io"w. 



*A British prote(5\orate over the entire group was proclaimed May 19, 1900. 



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