GENERAL FEATURES OF THE EARTH. 

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

 6, 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. 



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The following table gives the courses of the principal chains of the ocean: — 



Course. 



Hawaian range N. 64° W. 



Marquesas Islands N. 60° W. 



Paumotu Archipelago N. 60° W. 



Tahitian or Society Islands N. 62° W. 



Hervey Islands N. 65° W. 



Samoan or Navigator Islands . . . ■ . N. 68° W. 



Tarawan, Gilbert, or Kingsmill Islands . . . N. 34° W. 



Ralick group N. 37° W. 



Radack group N. 30° W. 



New Hebrides N. 40° W. 



New Caledonia «N. 44° W. 



North extremity of New Zealand N. 50° "W. 



Salomon Islands . N. 57° W. 



Louisiade group N. 56° W. 



New Ireland 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 



