38 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



Angatau, also called Arackcheeff or Araktchev and Ahangatiu, is a low island of the 

 Panmotu group, discovered by Bellingshausen in 1820; 200 inhabitants. i5°52's., 

 140° 52' w. 21. 



Angaur, see N'yaur, of the Palao or Pelew islands. 



Angerimus Islands, in Geelvink bay on the north coast of New Guinea. 2° 50' S., 

 i35 c 00' e. 



Angriffe, or Attack, is connected with New Ireland by a reef. It was called by the 

 second name from a war-like attempt on a boat of the German war ship Gazelle. 

 2° 55' S., 15 1" 08' E. 



Anhar, see Anaa or Chain, in the Panmotu archipelago. 



Anil, islet of Namu, Marshall islands. 



Aniwa, or Immer or Nina, of the New Hebrides, is about 2 m. long. It is a station 

 of the Presbyterian Mission. 19° 18' S., 169 38' E. 



Anna, or Current, was discovered in 1761 ; it is low, half a mile in diameter, and in- 

 habited. 4 39' x., 132" 04' E. 



Annan Islands, three in number, off the north end of Viti levu, Fiji. The group 

 extends 4 m. by 0.7 m., and rises to a height of 610 ft. North point, 17° 3o'40 / 's., 

 178° 12' E. 



Annamokka, or Rotterdam, Tasman's name for Namuka of the Tongan group. 



Annatam, a form of Aueiteum, of the New Hebrides. 



Anne, islet in the Bismarck archipelago. 4 57' s., 151" 12' E. 



Annula, see Anuda. 



AnologO, one of the Matema islands, Santa Cruz group. io° 07' S., 165 38' E. It 

 extends 1 m. E-W., and is 120 ft. high; w. %. S., 17 m. from Nukapu. British pro- 

 tectorate August 18, 1898.* 



Anonima, see Namonuito, Caroline islands. 



Anser, or Glennie, a small group west of Wilson point, south coast of Australia in 

 Bass strait. 



Anson, 13" o' x., 141 35' E., is of doubtful report. A name of Buka in the Solomon 

 group. 



Ant, of Andema group, Caroline islands. 6 44' x., 157° 53' 30" E. 



Antipodes, rocky, uninhabited group, 1100 ft. high. 40° 40' 53" S., 178° 43' E. Not 

 exactly the antipodes of London. Belongs to New Zealand. Called also Penan- 

 tipode. 



Anuanuraro, of the Panmotu archipelago, is a lagoon island named by Quiros, in 

 1606, San Miguel Archangel. 20" 24' 57" S., 143° 31' 12" W.O 21. 



Anuanurunga, of the Paumotu archipelago, also called Four Crowns and Cuatro 

 Coronadas, was discovered by Quiros in 1606. 20° 38' S., 143° 19' W. 21. 



Anuda, or' Cherry, was discovered in 1791 by Captain Edwards in the Pandora. It is 

 1.5 m. in diameter and 325 ft. high. The inhabitants are Polynesian, make neat 

 canoes, chew betel, and the men have an average height of 5 ft. 11 in. British 

 protectorate declared Oct. 1, 1898. n° 40' S., 169° 40' E. 12. 



Anutunga, low islet near Ngaloa bay on the north coast of Vanua levu, Fiji. 

 16 37' S., 178 40' E. Inhabited. 14. 



♦For the official notices of these Protectorates I am indebted to H. B. M. Consul in Honolulu. W. R. Hoare Esq. 



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