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* Faill (west), low, wooded, coral islet, 300 yards in diameter and uninhabited. 8°03'n., 

 146° 50' E. 3. 



Faguin, see Howland. 



Fakaafo or Bowditch, in the Union group, was discovered by Captain Hudson of the 

 United States Exploring Expedition. A British protectorate was proclaimed June 

 20, 1889. A triangular coral island 8 m. n-S., 4 m. E-w.; population about 250. South 

 point is in 9 26' 40" S., 171° 03' 15" w. Sixty-two islets. Also written' Fakaofu. 16. 



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FIG. 4. 



Fakaina, see Akahaina of the Paumotu archipelago. 



Fakarawa, or Wittgenstein, was discovered by Bellingshausen in 1829. A lagoon 

 atoll 32 m. by 10 m. Station of the French Resident for the Paumotu archi- 

 pelago. Northeast point is in 16° 05' S., 145° 33' w. 



Falalep, islet of Uluthi of the Caroline archipelago. 



Falalis, islet of Wolea, of the Caroline archipelago. Population, 600 (Gulick). 



Falang, islet of Ruk, Caroline islands. 7 21' 22" n., 151' 52' 57" E. 



Falcon, Tongan group. 20" 21' S., 175° 23' W. First seen as a breaking reef from 



H. M. S. Falcon in 1885. An eruption of that year left it 2 m. long and 250 ft. 



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