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Anutl, islet, 65 ft. high, east of Tutuila, Samoan islands. 14 i8 f 40" S., 170° 3o'4o"w. 

 Belongs to the United States. 15. 



Aoba, Omba or Leper, of the New Hebrides, was named by Bougainville Isle des 

 Lepreux under a mistaken diagnosis. It is 17 m. long, 3000-4000 ft. high, and 

 inhabited. 15° 15' S., 167 50' E. 12. 



Aore, islet off the southeast coast of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides. The 

 natives of this region are all cannibals. 



Aoura, islet of Mokil in the Caroline archipelago. 



Apaiang", or Charlotte, in the Gilbert group, was discovered by Captain Marshall in 

 the Charlotte. It extends 16 m. by 6 m. and consists of six islets on a high reef. 

 Population in 1886, 1300. The islets are Terio or Marshall, Allen, Gillespy, 

 Clerk, Smith and Armstrong. Southeast point is in i° 43' 25" N., 173 06' 45" E. 7. 



Apamama, Hopper or Roger Simpson, in the Gilbert group, was discovered by Captains 

 Marshall and Gilbert in 1788. It extends about 12 by 5 m. and the islets are about 5 

 ft. above the sea. Population, 650. Northwest point o° 30' N., 173 53' 35" E. 7. 



Apapa, or Cabras, on the west coast of Guam, Marianas. 



Apataki, or Hagemeister atoll, in the Paumotu archipelago, was discovered by Cap- 

 tain Hagemeister in 1830. It extends 17 m. n-S.; is a low coral atoll and in- 

 habited. The northwest point is in 15° 14' S., 146° 32' w. 20. 



Api, called also Tasiko and' Volcano, in the New Hebrides, extends about 25 m. nw-SE., 

 and is 6-10 m. wide ; fertile, well wooded, densely peopled ; 2800 ft. high. 16° 38' S., 

 i68 D 12' E. 12. 



Apia, a name of Apaiang, Gilbert group. 



Aplin, see Idika, New Guinea. 



Apolima, of the Samoan Group, is an extinct volcano, 547 ft. high, and five sea miles 

 from Savaii. It covers 1.8 sq. m. 13 49' 30" S., 172° 03' w. 15. 



Ara, of the New Hebrides, is a wooded islet on the fringing reef of Valua, off the 

 southwest point. It has perhaps 100 inhabitants. 



Arabi, or Hat, of the New Hebrides, is an islet off Tangoa on the south coast of 



Espiritu Santo. 



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Arag, of the New Hebrides, called also Pentecost, Whitsuntide, Bougainville, is 38 m. 



long, and 2000 ft. high. Its inhabitants are noted for their large canoes. North 



end is in 15° 25' S., 168° 07' E. 12. 

 Araktcheeff, an islet of Maloelab in the Marshall group. 

 Araktcheeff, or Araktchev, see Angatau, Paumotu archipelago. 21. 

 Aranuka, or Henderville, of the Gilbert group, was discovered by Captains Marshall 



and Gilbert; is 6.5 by 5.5 m. The northeast point is in o° 13' 25" n., i73°4i'e. 7. 

 Aratika, or Carlshov, of the Paumotus, was discovered by Roggewein in 1722, and 



named Carlshov by Kotzebue. It is 20 m. west from Kawehe, and is 8 X 5 m.; 



wooded and inhabited. The west point is in 15° 33' 25" S., 145° 39' w. 21. 

 Aray onset, of the Pelew group, lies south of Kay angle with' Carapellas and Koraek 



on a reef extending 4.5 m. N-S., 5 m. E-w. 

 Arch, two islets on a reef nearly three miles in circumference, in io° 47' s., 150° 46' E. 



The highest is 360 ft.; they are variously called Nasa peipei, Nasa ruarua and 



Koia reibareiba, Ilei. 



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