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Close, islet in the Bismarck archipelago. 4 57' s., 15 1° 18' E. 



Clute, see Hiti, Paumotu archipelago. 



Coast, island off New Guinea, 300 ft. high, well-wooded, and with a fringing reef. 



IO° 35' 25" S., 150° 40' 20" E. 

 Cockatoo, islet in Thousand Ships bay, Solomon islands. 8° 33' S., 159° 37' E. 

 Cockburn, group off coast of Australia. n° 51' s., 143° 18' E. 

 N Cockburn, see Ahunui, Paumotu archipelago. 2,2,. 

 Coconut, in the Bismarck archipelago, with Leigh and the coast of New Ireland forms 



Carteret harbor. Inhabitants cannibals. 4 42' S., 152° 42' E. 

 Coconut, islet on the New Guinea coast. io° 04' S., 143° 03' E. 

 COCOS, island known to Wafer, Dampier and other early navigators, 4.5 m. NE-SW., 



very high. 5 32' 57" N., 88° 02' 10" w. Northeast from the Galapagos. 

 Cocos, a name given in 1790 by Captain Wilkinson to the group discovered by Lemaire 



and Schouten, and by them called Marqueen. 



Codfish, islet off the west coast of Stewart, New Zealand, 3 m. nw-SE., 2 m. wide. 



Coffin, group of the Bonin islands. 26° 38' n., 142° 15' E. 



s Collis a name of'Kamaka, an islet of 'Mangareva. 

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Columb, a coral islet, wooded and inhabited, in Astrolabe bay, New Guinea. 



Colvocoressis, see Draviuni, Fiji. 



Commerson, or Comerson, two low islands discovered by Bougainville in 1768. 



o° 40' S., 145° 17' E. £• 

 Conflict, group of more than 22 islets in the Louisiade archipelago. io°46 / S., 151° 46' E. 



Named for H. B. M. S. Conflict in 1880. 

 Connor, see Katai in the New Guinea region. 

 Constantin, see Greenwich of the Caroline group. 

 Contrariete, the old Spanish name of Ulava, Solomon islands. 

 Contrariete islet = Porondu, New Caledonia. 

 Conversion de San Pablo (La), supposed to be Britomart, of Duperrey. Discovered by 



Quiros February 10, 1606. See Quiros Viajes, I, 256; //., 7, 92. 

 Cook, islet at entrance to Christmas island lagoon. i° 57' 16" N., 157 27' 45" w. 

 Cook, see Tarawa, Gilbert islands. 



Cook, islet on the northeast coast of Fate, New Hebrides. 

 Cook Islands, a portion of the Hervey group, often so-called. 

 Coquille, see Pikelot of the Caroline islands. 

 Cornwallis, another name for Johnston. 

 ' Coronados, see Anuanurunga, Paumotu archipelago. 

 Cosissipe, island in the Hermit group. It abounds in pigeons. % ■ 

 Count Heiden = Likieb, Marshall group. 

 Coutance, a well-wooded islet of New Guinea, half a mile long and a quarter broad. 



io° 13' S., 148° 07' E. 

 Covell, a name for Ebon, Marshall islands. 



Crab, islet on the northwest coast of York peninsula, Australia. io° 58' S., 142° 56' E. 

 Craven, a high island in the Hudson group, Fiji. 17 39' s., 177° oi' 30" E. 

 Credner, or Pigeon group, lies between Duke of York and New Britain ; low and thickly 



wooded islands, each with a separate reef with deep water between. 4 i5's., 152° 19' E. 



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