GENEEAL FEATURES OF THE EARTH. 

 Fig. 24. 



31 



155 



20- n 'o* 3 r^< 



°w 





> 



H, Hawaii ; M, Maui ; 3, Kahoolawe ; 4, Lauai ; 

 5, Molokai ; 0, Oahu ; K, Kauai. 



mits nearly 14,000 feet in altitude ; and, if the ocean around is 15,000 

 feet deep, the whole height of these peaks is just that of Mount Ever- 

 est in the Himalayas. 



Between these groups lie the islands of mid-ocean, all nearly parallel 

 in their courses. Figs. 25, 26 are examples. 



Fig. 25. Fig. 26. 



10° S 



% 



Go 



-16--5- 



'j* 



W- 



'OS. 



'The following table gives the courses of the principal chains of the ocean: • 



Course. 



Hawaian range 



Marquesas Islands .... 

 Paumotu Archipelago 

 Tahitian or Society Islands 



Hervey Islands 



Samoan or Navigator Islands 



Tarawan, Gilbert, or Kingsmill Islands 



Ralick group .... 



Radack group ..... 



New Hebrides . 



New Caledonia ..... 



North extremity of New Zealand . 



Salomon Islands . 



Louisiade group .... 



New Ireland 



N. 64° W. 

 N. 60° W. 

 N. 60° W. 

 N. 62° W. 

 N. 65° W. 

 N. 68° W. 

 N. 34° W. 

 N. 37° W. 

 N. 30° W. 

 N. 40° W. 

 N. 44° W. 

 N. 50° W. 

 N. 57° W. 

 N. 56° W. 

 N. 65° W. 



B. Northeasterly system of trends. — The body of New 

 Zealand has a northeast-by-north course. The line is continued to the 

 south, through the Auckland and Macquarie Islands, to 58° S. To 



