54 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



Crescent, see Timoe, Paumotu archipelago. 22. 



Cretin, see Tami, east coast of New Guinea. 6° 45' S., 147° 49' E. Named for Lieu- 

 tenant Cretin of the Recherche. 



Croker, see Heraiki, Paumotu archipelago. 21. 



Crouy islet is in Dumbea passage, entrance to Noumea roadstead, New Caledonia. 



Crown is 7 m. northwest from Long on the coast of New Guinea. It was discovered 

 by Dampier; is 4-5 m. in circumference, and 2000 ft. high. 5° 08' s., i46°56'e. 



Culpepper is the most northerly of the Galapagos, very barren, 550 ft. high. 

 i° 39 30" N., 92° 03' W. 



Cumberland, see'Manuhangi, Paumotu archipelago. 



Cumberland, an extensive group off the east coast of Queensland, Australia, reach- 

 ing to 21° S. 



Cumming, low islet of Fiji. 16 21' 40" s., 179 08' 47" E. 



Cuop, islet of Ruk, Caroline islands. 



Cure, a name of Ocean in the Hawaiian group. 



Current, see Pulo Anna, Caroline islands. 



Curtis, two rocks in the Kermadec group, 500 ft. high. Said to emit hot water and 

 steam. 30° 36' s., 179° 14' w. 



Cyclades ( Les ) of Bougainville = New Hebrides. 



Cyprian Bridge, the easternmost island on the west side of Bougainville strait, Solo- 

 mon group, 377 ft. high, dome-shaped. 



Daddahai, or Brierly, in the Louisiade archipelago; about a mile in circuit, 380 ft. 



high, wooded and inhabited. n° 18' s., 153° 08' E. 

 Dageraad = Aurora or'Makatea of the Paumotus. Discovered by Roggewein in 1712. 

 Daiwari, or Gibbons, islet of Nuakata, Louisiade archipelago; 290 ft. high, clothed 



with grass, uninhabited. 

 Dalrymple, in Torres strait. 9 37' S., 143" 18' E. 

 Dambach, a small cluster on the east coast of Bougainville, Solomon islands. 5°4i's., 



1 55° °7' E- 

 Dampier, or Karkar, is 6-7 m. northeast of Cape Croisilles on the coast of New 



Guinea; volcanic, and about 5000 ft. high, 36-40 m. in circumference. 4 42' S., 



145° 58' E. IO. 

 Danger, see Pukapuka, Paumotu archipelago. 22. 

 Danger group consists of three islands, Pukapuka, Motukoe and Motukavata on a 



reef 8 m. e-w. and 4 m. n-S. Discovered by Byron June 21, 1765. Lagoon closed, 



landing dangerous. 10" 53' S., 165" 45' 30" W. 

 Danger, islands of New Guinea. o° 15' S., 135° 05' E. 

 Dangerous Archipelago, a name of the Paumotu group. 

 Daniel, see Arno of the Marshall group. 

 Dao Balayet, a sand islet marking Estrees passage on the northwest coast of New 



Caledonia. 

 Daos islets form the south part of Belep group, New Caledonia. 13. 

 Daomboni, islet on the north coast of New Caledonia, 

 Darnlev, a name of Erub on the New Guinea coast. 



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