INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. i6i 



Uluma, or Suckling reef, is in the Louisiade archipelago. 



Ulunau, in the Admiralty group, is in 2" 06' s., 147^ 32' E. 



Uluthi, Uluti or Mackenzie, of the Caroline islands, was discovered by Captain 

 Mackenzie in 1823, but previously by the Spaniard Egoi. The islets Mogmog 

 (on which Padre Cantova was killed when endeavoring to establish a Jesuit mis- 

 sion), Falalep, Troilem, Ear and Kilap are the principal ones. 9°56'n., i39°5o'e. 3. 



Umaitia was Bougainville's name for Tetuaroa. 



Umboi or Rook is immediately west of New Britain; 28X16 m., 5000 ft. high, 

 volcanic. 10. 



Umol, islet of Ruk in the Caroline islands. 



Umuda, at the mouth of the Fly river. New Guinea. 8° 28' s., 143° 48' E. 



Unalik, see Ounalik, islet of Namonuito, Caroline islands. 



Undaga, one of the French islands, Bismarck archipelago. 4° 38' s., 149° 12' E. 10. 



Underwood group, Fiji, consists of Bateman, Henry, Linthicum, Ogle, Reynolds, 

 and Smith. 



Undui, islet of the Ono i lau group, Fiji. 14, 



Unei, on the north coast of New Guinea. 3" 10' .S., 143° 21' E. 



lines, islet of Uea, Loyalty group; covered with man}' flat-topped hills. 



Uneyeute, islet at the southeast end of Namonuito, Caroline islands. 



Union or Tokelau, group of low coral islands extending 180 m. NW-SE.: Gente Her- 

 mosa, Fakaofu, Nukunono, Atafvx. Belongs to Great Britain. 17. 



Uo, see Laine of the Loyalty group. 13. 



Upolu, of the Samoan islands, is the second in size and contains the principal port, 

 Apia, of the German portion of the group; 39.5 m. E-w., with an average width of 

 8 m.; 3200 ft. high. vSubject to hurricanes. 13° 46' S., 171° 20' w. 15. 



Ura, see Takapoto of the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 



Urak, see Mokil, Caroline islands. 



Urara, of the Bismarck archipelago; i m. E-w. 4° 17' S., 151° 39' E. 



Uraura, islet in the harbor on the south side of Pallikulo, New Hebrides. 



Ureparapara or Bligh is 12 m. nortliwest from the north point of \^anua lava. New 

 Hebrides; nearlv circular; 12 m. in circumference, 2440 ft. high; volcanic; 300 

 inhabitants. 13° 35' s., 167° 18' E. 13. 



Uri, islet of Malekula, New Hebrides; 1.5 m. wnw-ESE.; low, inhabited. 



Uripiv, islet of Malekula, New Hebrides, half a mile in diameter; 300-400 inhabitants. 

 Natives are said to burv their old or sick people alive. Presbyterian mission station. 



Urombo, islet of Malekula, New Hebrides. 15° 58' S. 



Urracas, of the Marianas, consists of three islands in a circle 2-3 m. in diameter; 

 probably the remains of a sunken crater. 20° 08' N., 145° 19' E. See map under 

 Marianas. 



Urn, see Tomman, New Hebrides. 



Urukiki, islet off Port Stanley, of Malekula, New Hebrides. 



Uruktapi or Urukthopel, of the Pelew islands, is 5.5 m. long; uninhabited. South 

 point is in 7° 14' 30" N., 130° 28' E. 



Uruma or Duchess, of D'Entrecasteaux group, is west from Duau. 9°57'vS., I50°5i'e. 



Useless, two small, wooded islands on the New Guinea coast. 10" 35'45"vS., 150° 51' E, 



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