40 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



Archangel, see Anuanuraro of the Paumotus. 21. 



Arehipel du Saint Esprit, a name given b} T De Fleurien to the New Hebrides. 



Arden, islet in Torres strait. g° 54' s., 142° 57' E. 



Areeifos, see'Udjelong in the Marshall group. 6. 



Arimoa, three islets on the north coast of New Guinea, 500 ft. high, wooded and in- 

 habited. i° 45' s., 138° 45' E. 



Aris, a volcanic island on the north coast of New Guinea, two miles northwest from 

 Vulcan; about 700 ft. high. 4 00' s., 144° 56' E. 8. 



Arnavon, islet off Choiseul, Solomon group. 7 25' S., 158° 00' E. II. 



Arno, of the Marshall group, is also called Arhno, Daniel or Pedder. It is the largest 

 reef, or at least has the most land, of any in the Ratak chain, as it is more than 

 300 m. in circumference. The islets, among them' Tagelib, High and Ine, are not 

 more than 6-8 ft. above the sea but support a population of 3000 (in 1882). Islets 

 at the north and south extremes are often at war with each other. Northeast 

 point, 7 30' x., 17 1° 55' E. 6. 



Aro, islet east of Tabutha, Fiji. 17 42' 30" S., 181" 22' w. 14. 



Arorai, or Hurd of the Gilbert group, was discovered from the brig Elisabeth about 

 1809, and was named Hope; changed to Hurd by Purdy. A well wooded atoll 

 6-7 m. NW-SE., a mile and a half wide. Population in 1883, 1200. 2° 39' S., 

 177 01' E. 7. 



Arossi, see San Cristobal of the Solomon group. II. 



Arova, or Rossel, see Roua of the L-ouisiade archipelago. 9. 



Arrecifos, of Villalobos ( 1 5, 4 s ) , are the Pelew islands. 



Arrow smith, see Majuro of the Marshall group. 6. 



Arsacides, Terre de, a name given in 1769 by Surville to Malaita, Solomon islands. 



Art, largest of the Belep group, northwest of New Caledonia. It is 11 m. NW-SE. 13. 



Arteck, islet off north point of Babeltop, Pelew islands. 



Arthur, islet of Eniwetok of the Marshall group. 11 40' x., 162 15' E. ' 



Aru, two islets on the north coast of New Guinea. 



Arutua, of the Paumotu archipelago, the Rurick of Kotzebue, is a lagoon atoll 20 ft. 

 high. The natives are of Tahitian origin. The northwest point is in 15° io' S., 

 146 49' 20" w. 20. 



ArzobispO, one of the Volcano group south of the Bonin islands. 



Asaua, or Asawa, see Yasawa, Fiji. 



Ascension, see Ponape, Caroline archipelago. 



Asia, islets east from Gilolo; low, wooded. i° 00' x., 131° 17' E. Another group with 

 same name off coast of Peru. 



A sore, see Tanna, New Hebrides. 



Asouni, islet in Makira bay of San Cristobal, Solomon islands. 



Asuncion, or Assumption, in the Marianas, 19° 45' x., 145 29' E. A volcanic cone 

 about a mile in diameter and 2800 ft.± high, 54 m. x. by w. from Agrigan. The 

 west side is covered with vegetation. Discovered by La Perouse Dec. 14, 1786. 



Ata, or Pylstaart (Tropic-bird) in the Tongan group, was discovered by Tasman in 

 1643. Island northeast from Tongatabu ; 3 m. long, 1165 ft. high, uninhabited. 



22° 20' S., 176° 12' 30" w. 18. 



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