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D'Urville, see Kairu, New Guinea. 



D'Urville, see'Nama islet of Losap, Caroline islands. 4. 



Dyar, islet on the New Guinea coast. r° 37' s., 13 1° 45' E. 



Eap, an old spelling of Yap, Caroline islands. 



Ear, islet of Uluthi, Caroline islands. 



Earl Dalhotisie shoal, Caroline islands. 8° N., 145 09' E. 



Earle = Pana krusima of the Louisiade archipelago. 



East Kaiu or Liitke, a low coral island 0.7 m. long, with fringing reef, uninhabited. 

 Caroline islands. 8 D 33' n., 15 1° 26' E. 



East, see Wareniata of the Louisiade archipelago. 



Hast, a group of four islets off the north coast of New Hanover, the easternmost being 

 the largest. 



Hast, islet 60 ft. high off Florida, Solomon islands. 



Hast, islet off Kandavu, Fiji; rock}*, 69 ft. high. 



Hast, islet of Wari or Teste, New Guinea, 100 ft. high. 



Easter, see Rapanui. 



Eastern, islet of Midway islands, Hawaiian group, 1.2 m. long, 6-15 ft. high, covered 

 with coarse grass and small shrubs; sand dazzling. 28° 12' 22" n., 177 22' w. 



Ebadon, islet of Kwadjalin, Marshall islands. g° 22' n., i66° 53' E. 



Ebon, called also Boston and Covel, of the Marshall group, consists of 21 well wooded 

 islets on a reef 25 m. in circumference. Discovered May 25, 1824, by Captain 

 Ray, an American. 4 48' N., 168° 45' w. The islets of importance are called 

 "Jurijer, Enijarmek, Ebon, Dereg, Eniiadok, Guamaguamlap/Euer/Munjak, Taka, 

 Enilo, Jio, Met. Ebon islet forms the south and southeast side of the atoll; 5 m. long; 

 is the largest and most important of the group. American mission station. 6. 



Ebuma, islet 80 ft. high, near Samarai on the southeast coast of New Guinea. 



Eddystone, see Panarora of the Louisiade archipelago. It is 540 ft. high and inhabited. 



Eddystone, see Narovo, Solomon islands. II. 



Edgecombe, see Tupua, of the Santa Cruz group. t» 



Edigen, islet of Kwadjelin, Marshall group. 



Efate -= Fate or Yate or Sandwich, of the New Hebrides. 



Egerup, see Erikub of the Marshall islands. 6. 



Egg, see Nui of the Ellice group. 18. 



Egg, see Lehua, Hawaiian group. 



Egmont, see Vairaatea, Paumotu archipelago. 2,2,. 



Egmont of Carteret is Santa Cruz, or Deni (Nitendi). 



Egnm, atoll in the Trobriand group, is 13 m. in diameter, the encircling reef opening 

 only on the xw. and ne., having six islets on the north portion, Degargara, 

 Yanaba, Wiakou, Napasa, Tabunagora, Nagian ; while in the centre of the lagoon 

 are Fandaio, Simlakita, Kadais Mua and Egum in one group to the north, and 

 Nasakor consisting of four islets to the south. 9 26' S., 15 1° 58' E. 9. 



Ehiki, islet of Panasia, Louisiade archipelago. 



Eiao, called also Masse, Knox, Hiaou, of the Marquesas group, is 6 m. ne-SW., 2000 ft. 



high, well wooded, but uninhabited. 8° 02' S., 140° 41' w. 33. 



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