60 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISIANDS. 



1 Eil, Malk or Irakong, of the Pelew islands, is rocky and well-wooded. io° n' 30" n., 



134° 27' 30" E. 

 Eimeo, see "Moorea, Society islands. SO. 

 Eirimlap, islet of Udjelong, Marshall islands. 

 Eirek, islet of Wotto, Marshall islands. 



Ejeet, islet in Majnro lagoon, 9.5 m. from from the entrance, Marshall islands. 

 Ekolo, islet of Ontong Java. 5 38' S., 159° 34' E. II. 

 Elato, or Haweis, Caroline group, consists of the islets Falifi, Toass, Namoliaur. 



7° 30' N., 146° 24' E. 

 Eld, a small, high island near Naviti, Yasawa gronp, Fiji. Of triangular form, 1 m. 



long. The north point is in 17° 09' 40" S., 177° 10' 10" E. Named for Henry Hid 



of the United States Exploring Expedition. 

 Blephant, islet of Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. 

 Elisabeth, one of the Admiralty group; a low coral island 1.2 m. n-S, by 0.2 m. wide; 



inhabited. 2 55' S., 147" 03' E. 

 Elisabeth, near Mbenga, Fiji. 



Elisabeth, see Henderson of the Paumotu archipelago. 

 Elisabeth, see Toau of the Paumotu archipelago. 

 Elisabeth, see Manoba of the Solomon islands. 

 ' Eliza, see Tepoto of the Paumotu archipelago. 

 Eliza, see Onoatoa of the Gilbert group. 

 Eliza, see Peru of the Gilbert group. 

 Ella, islet of Ifalik, Caroline islands. 

 EHiee group. Consists of nine low atolls of which eight are inhabited; extends 



xw. by x.-sk. by s. about 360 m.; peopled from Samoa, except Nui whose inhabitants 



came from the Gilbert islands. Visited by Maurelle in 1781, and by Captain 



de Peyster in 1819. The atolls are Nurakita or" Sophia, Nukulaelae or Mitchell, 



Fangawa, Funafuti or Ellice, Funafana, Nukufetau or De Peyster, Vaitupu or 



Tracy, Nui or Netherland or'Egg, Niutao or Speiden or Lynx, Navomana or 



Hudson, and Xanomea or St. Augustine. 16. 

 Ellice, see Funafuti. 



Elliott, island of Fiji, named for the Chaplain of Wilkes' ship. 18° 51' S., 178° 24' E. 

 Elmore, islet of Odia atoll, Marshall group. 

 Elson is the same as Aukena of Mangareva. 



Emery, or Wea of the Atana group, northwest from Rotuma; 700 ft. high. 

 Emmons, islet of the "Hudson group, Fiji. 17° 38' 20" s., 177° 06' E. A high islet 



named for Lieut. Geo. F. Emmons of the Wilkes Expedition. 

 Encarnacion of Ouiros (1606) was placed in about 24° 50' s., 137° 42' W., but there is 



no land near that position. As Ouiros estimated the distance from the American 



coast at 1500 leguas it would be difficult to identify his island, which he describes 



as nearly level with the water. 

 Enderbury, a guano island of the Phoenix group, 3 m. by 2.5 m., and 23 ft. high. 



The north point is in 3 06' 35" S., 171° 14' 25" W. 17. 

 Enderby, islet on the northeast coast of Auckland island, New Zealand. 



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