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Taortl, islet of Raiatea, Society islands. 30. 



Taoui, one of the Admiralty islands. West end in 2° S., 146° 32' E. lO. 

 Tapak, islet on tlie northeast side of Ponape, Caroline islands. 



Tapamanu or Sannders, also called Maiaiti and Tubuai manu, of the Society islands, 

 was discovered by Captain Wallis July 28, 1767; 6 m. long. Northeast point is in 



Or,'" of 



17 38 41 s., 150 33 w. 



Tapelau, islet of Yap, Caroline islands. 



Tapimoor, islet of Mille, Marshall islands. 



Tapiteuea or Drummond, of the Gilbert islands, was discovered by Captain Bishop 

 of the Nauiilus. It is 30 m. long and 0.5-0.7 m. wide. Population, 7000-Sooo. 

 North point is in 1° 08' s., 174° 37' 30" E. 



TapitU, a form of Tapiteuea, Gilbert islands. 



Tapu, island in Auckland harbor. New Zealand. 



Tapua, Utupua or Edgecumbe, in the Santa Cruz group, was discovered by Mendaiia 

 in 1595. Carteret named it Edgecumbe in 1764. The west summit is in 11° i7'3o"s., 

 166° 32' 14" E., according to D'Urville. British protecflorate declared August 18, 

 189S. 13. 



Tapui, a couical islet in Ahurei bay, islaud of Rapa. 



Tarakoi, islet of Rapa. 27° 35' S., 144° 18' w. 



Taravai or Belcher, islet of the Mangareva group. 



Tarawa, Cook or Kuoy (not Kuox), of the Gilbert islands; 18 m. N-s., 13 m. E-w. 

 North end is in 1° 39' 05" N., 173° 02' E. 7. 



Tareti, a sandy island near Noumea, New Caledonia. 



Taritari, a common form of Butaritari, Gilbejt is^nds. 



Tariwerwi, see Ouessant, of the Louisiade archipelago. 



Tarrang, islet of Yap, Caroline islands. 



Tasiko, see Api, New Hebrides. 12. 



Tasman, atoll discovered by Tasman in 1700, and seen by Captain Welling in 1824. 

 Some 40 islands on a reef encircling a lagoon; 11 m. E-w., 7 m. N-s. Inhabitants 

 resemble Gilbert islanders. Niumano, the largest island, is on the east side in 

 4^ 35' s., 159° 30' E. British protectorate proclaimed Oc%ber 6, 1900. 



Tassai or Brumer, New Guinea. 



Tasttl, an inhabited island in Humboldt bay on the north coast of New Guinea. 



Tatafa, islet 3 m. southwest from Lefuka in the Hapai group of the Tongan isl- 

 ands. 18. 



TatakotO, called also Narcissus, Egmont and Clerke, of the Paumotu archipelago, 

 was discovered by Bonecheo in 1774 ; 4x1m.; inhabited. 17° 18' S., 138" 19' w. 22. 



Tatana, islet in Port Moresby on the soutli coast of New Guinea. 



Tail, the largest of the Manua group, Sanioan islands, is 14 m. in circumference, 

 2500 ft. high; well watered and fertile. Belongs to the United States. 



Tau, islet of Tongatabu. 18. 



Taua, islet east from Taugoa, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. 12. 



Tauak, lagoon islet of Pouape, Caroline islands. 



Tauan or IMt. Cornwallis, is 9 m. in circumference and 795 ft. high. Inhabitants 

 Negrito. Station of the London Missionarj' Society. 9° 25' 30" s., 142° 32' E. 



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