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Rook, see Umboi, Bismarck archipelago. This name was given by Dampier for Sir 



George Rook. 

 RoporopO, islet I m. southwest from Miigiila in Orangerie baj', New Guinea. 10° 31's., 



149' 47' 37" H. 



Roro or Yule, on the south coast of New Guinea, is 4 X 1-5 m., and 534 ft. high. 8°48's., 

 146" 32' H. A mission station. The name is sometimes writen Lolo. 



Rosario, of the Bonin islands, is 148 ft. high. 27° 18' N., 140° 50' E. 



Rose, a coral islet discovered b}^ Freycinet ; named for his wife who accompanied him; 

 70 sea miles east from Manna, Samoau islands. It is inhabited only by birds. By 

 the treat}- of 1899 it belongs to the United States. 14^ 31' 30" s., i6S"o8'3o" w. 15. 



Rosse, northeast coast of Auckland islands, New Zealand. 



Rossel, see Roua of the Lonisiade archipelago. Rossel was Lieutenant on the Rcchcnlic. 



Rota, Zarpane, Sarpan, or Luta, of the Marianas, is of calcareous rock, 12X5.5 i^i- ^^^ 

 Soo ft. high. 14" 08' N., 145° 10' E. See map under Marianas. 



Rotch, see Oneke. 



Rotcher, see Tamana of the Gilbert islands. 



Rotterdam, Tasnian's name for Namuka of the Tongan group. 



Rotuma, Rotuam or Grenville, was discovered b}^ Captain Edwards in 1791 ; 8 m. E-w., 

 2 m. N'-.s.; 800 ft. high. Islets on the south are Solnahou, Solkop; on the east, 

 Afgaha; north, Hanoua ; on the west, Ataou, Hofliona, Ouea. Population, 2500; 

 all Christian. While the people are classed as Polynesian, their language belongs, 

 accordin-g to Codrington, to the Melanesian group. 12° 28' s., 177" E. 16. 



Roua, Rua or Rossel, of the Lonisiade archipelago, is 18.5X6 m., 2750 ft. high, 

 thickly wooded. Inhabitants, Papuan cannibals ; a short, robust race, sooty brown; 

 their language bears no resemblance to an}- known New Guinea dialect. East 

 point is in 11° 23' S., 154° 18' E. 9. 



Round, see Alewakalou, Fiji. 



Round, islet in Marau sound, Solomon islands. Another of this name off Ysabel in 

 the same group. Still another in the Woodlark group. 



Roux, five islets covered with coconuts, off the southeast coast of New Guinea. 

 10° 39' s., 149' 58' E. 



Rowa is the northernmost of the Reef group. Banks islands. It has a mission station. 



Royalist, a name sometimes given to the south group of Ruk, Caroline islands, com- 

 prising South and Givry. 



Rua, islet of Morileu, Caroline islands. 



Ruac, islet of Ruk, Caroline islands. 7° 41' n., 151° 55' 22" E. 



Ruadika or Solitary of the Solomon islands. 8° 45' .S., 159° 47' E. 



Ruapuke, at east entrance to Foveaux strait. New Zealand. 



Ruarua, a group of several islets off the east side of Yendua, Fiji. 



Rubiana, New Georgia or Marovo of the Solomon islands. 8" 22' S., 157° 17' E. II. 



Ruk, Truk or Hogoleu, of the Caroline islands, was discovered by Duperrey June 



24, 1824. The largest group in the Carolines, composed of ten high, basaltic 



islands in an immense lagoon, with numerous islets (about 60) on the outer reef. 



, Some of these islands rise to a height of 1000 ft., and are 10-15 m. in circumference. 



South, Givry, Hacq and Lauvergne are on a recflangular reef 12X5 "^-i detached 



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