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Raiatea or Ulietea, of the Society islands, is about 30 m. in circumference, and the 

 highest peak is 3389 ft. Population, 1400; all Protestants. Tahaa is within the 

 same reef and there are many islets between them. 16° 40' S., 154 40' w. 20. 



Raine, in Torres strait. 11° 35' 50" s., 144° 02' 20" H. 



Rairoa, see Rangiroa, Paumotu archipelago. 20. 



Rakaanga or Reirson lies about 20 m. nnw. from Monahiki. Discovered by Bellings- 

 hausen in 1820, who called it Grand Duke x^lexander. Captain Patrickson called 

 it Reirson in 1822. Population, about 350. No lagoon. io°02 s., 161° 05' 30" w. 

 British protectorate declared August 9, 1889. 



Rakino, in Auckland bay, New Zealand. 



Raki Raki, high island off Viti levu, Fiji. 17 20' 20" s., 177 " 59' 30" K.O 



Rakiura, the Maori name of Stewart island, New Zealand. 



Ralick, a name given to the western chain of the Marshall islands. 



Rambi (Rabi), high, inhabited island of Fiji; 8.7 m. ne-SW., 4.5 m. wide, 1550 ft. high. 

 North point is in 16° 24' 40" s., 180° oS' E. 



Ramos (Los), a name given by both Gallego and Figueroa to Malaita, Solomon islands. 

 19 S., 160 09 E. 



Ramting, islet on the northern side of Yap, Caroline islands. 



Ranai, a form of Lanai, Hawaiian islands. 



Rangiauria or Pitt, the southeastern of the Chatham islands, New Zealand. 



Rangiroa, Rahiroa, Vliegen, Deans or Nairsa, is an extensive atoll witli many islets; 

 66 m. long, inhabited. (Wilkes, I., 337.) 15" 05' 15" .s., 147^ 58' 34" w. 30, 



RangitotO, a volcanic island in Auckland harbor. New Zealand. 



Rano, islet on the northeast coast of Malekula, New Hebrides. 13. 



Raoul or Sunda}' was discovered b}' D'Entrecasteaux March 15, 1793; 12 ni. in cir- 

 cumference, 1627 ft. high. Of the Kerniadec group, belonging to New Zealand. 

 29° 20' s., 178° 10' w.O Joseph and Ange Raoul were pilots on the Recherche. 



Raoul was represented on former charts as an island of some size between Gicquel and 

 Willaumez in the Bismarck archipelago. It is now found to be part of a moun- 

 tainous peninsula of New Britain. 10. 



Rapa or Oparo was discovered by Vancouver December 22, 1791 ; about 20 m. in cir- 

 cumference, and 2100 ft. high. Natives do not know the name Oparo, but call the 

 island Lappa (Rapa). Climate delightful. When discovered population num- 

 bered 1500 fine Polynesians resembling Maoris; F'ebruary 23, 1882, there were but 

 100 all told. On six hills there are stone fortifications like the Rapanni terraces. 

 Natives make a thick, heavy kapa. Frencli protectorate in 1844; island annexed 

 to France February, 1882. See account by Captain Vine Hall, Proc. Rov. Gcog. 

 Soc, June, 1869. 27° 36' s., 144° 22' w. 



Rapaiti, islet of Rapa. 27° 38' s., 144° 15' \v. ■ 



Rapantli or Easter, said to have been seen by Davis in 1686. Admiral Roggewein 

 saw it first on April 6, 1722 (Easter Sunday). Cook saw it in 1774. It is of tri- 

 angular form, the longest side measuring 13 m. NE-SW. Volcanic with trachytic 

 lava and obsidian. The inhabitants are Polynesian from Rapa, and they call 

 their island "Te Pito o te honua," the navel of the earth. Tlie most interesting 



remains on the island are the huge images so often described, and other relics of 



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