3 6 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISIANDS. 



Alefa, of the Tongan group is in 20° oo' S., 174° 30' w. 



Aleford, group of four small and reefed islets at the head of Milne bay at the south- 

 east end of New Guinea. 10° 22' S., 150° 20' E. 



Alele, coastal islet of New Guinea. 7 52' S., 145 13' E. 



Alet, islet of Enderby, Caroline islands. At the east of the fringing reef which ex- 

 tends 5.5 m. E-w. and 3 m. x-s. is Pozoat. 17 19' 25" N., 149° 15' E. 



Alewa kalou, Awakalo or Round, an uninhabited rocky islet of Fiji, 500=^ ft. high. 

 16° 40' s.j 177° 46' E. 



Algrail, islet of Wolea, Caroline islands. 



Alita, southernmost of the Trois Soeurs, Solomon islands. II. 



Allen, one of the Wellesley group in the Gulf of Carpentaria. 



Allison, is between L/Echiquier and Durour in the Bismarck archipelago. Dis- 

 covered by Captain Allison in 1885. 2-3 m. nw-SE., 100-150 ft. high, covered with 

 trees. i° 25' s., 143' 26' E. 



Allufatti = Alofa, Home islands. 



Almagan, an active volcano of the Marianas. It is 2.2 m. n-S. by 1.5 E-w., and 2316 

 ft. high. 17 36' N., 145 50' E. See map under Marianas. 



Alofa, one of the Home islands southeast from Fotuna. It is 6 m. E-w. by 3 m., and 

 1200 ft. high; volcanic. 10 16' s., 178 00' w. 18. 



Alu, a wooded coral island 150 ft. high at the east end of Shortland island, Solomon 

 islands. It is well cultivated, and surrounded, except on the northwest side, with 

 a fringing reef. 7 08' s., 155 50' E. II. 



Amanu, or Moller, of the Paumotu group was discovered by Captain Bellingshausen 

 in 1829. It is 18 m. NE-SW. and 8 m. wide. Inhabited and abounds in pearl oys- 

 ters. The northeast point is 17 43' s., 140° 39' W. 



Amat, Isla d\ In 1774 Spanish priests gave this name to Tahiti. 



Amazon Islands, two small islands in Amazon bay on the south coast of New 

 Guinea. They are called Ainioro and Laraoro. When, some years ago, natives 

 attacked H. M. S. Bramble a canoe filled with female warriors accompanied the 

 party, hence the name of both bay and islands. 



Ambatiki, of the Fiji group, is nearly an equilateral triangle of 2 m. on a side and sur- 

 rounded by a reef. It is 750 ft. high, and inhabited. 17 47's., 179° io'3o"e. 14. 



Amban, see Mbau of the Fiji group. 14. 



Ambrym, of the New Hebrides, was discovered by Cook in 1773. It is volcanic, Mt. 

 Marnm having had an eruption in 1888, and is 22 m. E-w. and 17 m. N-S.; about 

 3000 ft. high; population dense. 16 10' s., 168° 05' E. 12. 



Amedee, islet of New Caledonia, is 10 m. off Noumea in 22" 28' 44" S., 166° 28' 40" E. 

 On it is a fine lighthouse 174 ft. high. 



Amere, islet on the southeast reef of New Caledonia. 



Amesse, islet of Namoluk of the Caroline islands. 5 45' 15 " n., 153° i6'3o"e. 4« 



Amicitia, an island perhaps identical with Oraluk of the Carolines. 4. 



Amota, one of the Hermit islands, in 1" 32' S., 144" 55' E. 8. 



Amphlett Islands are northeast of Moratau of the D'Entrecasteaux group, about 

 9" 20' S., 150" 48' E. There are eight or more small islands, wooded and of mod- 

 erate height, forming a broken chain parallel to the coast. 9. 



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