74 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



Hancock of Roberts is Hatutu, Marquesas islands. 23. 



Hatmatn, island on the east side of Willaumez peninsula, New Britain. 



Hannibal, on the Australian coast. n° 37' S., 142° 56' E. 



Hansa, see Vulcan, New Guinea. 



Hanudamava, islet 273 ft. high, near Port Moresby on the southeast coast of New 

 Guinea. 



Hao, see'Hau of the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 



Hapai, group of the Tongan islands, is composed of many small islands on a reef 

 40X23 m., of which little is known. 



Harcourt, group consisting of Karu and Ague, north from Ugue bay on the north- 

 east coast of New Caledonia. 



Hardman, group of two islets, low and wooded, in the Louisiade archipelago. 



Hardy, north of Collingwood bay on the coast of New Guinea. 9 n's., 149° 2i'e. 



Hardy = He St. Ignace, Loyalty islands. 



Harikoia, second in size of the Brumer group, New Guinea; 520 ft. high; inhabited. 



Harowani is the east of the Killerton group in Milne bay, on the east coast of New 

 Guinea. A station of the London Missionary Society. 



Harp, see Han in the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 



Harper, on the coast of New Guinea. 8 04' S., 148 09' E. 



Harris, or Mewadi, is off the coast of Normanby (Duau), D'Entrecasteaux group. 

 9 52' S., 150° 57' K. 



Hash, see'Mokor of the Caroline islands. Said not to exist. 



Hastings, in the Bonvouloir group, Louisiade archipelago; 400 ft. high. io° 20' S., 

 LSI 52' E. 



Haszard, two islands in the Engineer group. The southern one is about a mile long, 

 200 ft. high, with a reef encircling. 10^ 38' S., 151 22' K. 



Hat, see Yatu vara, Fiji group. 



Hat, see Teauaua of the Marquesas group. 



Hat, see Arabi of the New Hebrides. 



Hat, islet in Geelvink bay on the north coast of New Guinea. 



Hat, islet at entrance to Havannah harbor, of Fate, New Hebrides. 



HatutU, or Chanal of the Marquesas group, is 4 m. by 1 m., and 1380 ft. high. 

 Perhaps the Nexsen of Captain Fanning, 1798. Marchand called it Chanal; 

 Ingraham christened it Hancock, and Roberts named it Langdon. 7 57' s., 

 I40 ; 34' w. 23. 



Hau, Bow, or Harp, was discovered by Bougainville in 1768. Cook visited it the 

 next \ear and called it Bow. It is 30 m. long and 5 m. wide. 18° 03' 38" s., 

 140° 59' 15" W. 21. 



Hawaii, the largest of the Hawaiian group, was called by Cook Owhyhee, misunder- 

 standing the article O Hawaii. The island is wholly volcanic, composed of lava 

 emitted from Kea, Loa, Hualalai and Kilauea. Of these volcanoes Kea has at- 

 tained the height of 13,825 ft.; Loa, 13,675 ft.; and Hualalai, 8275. The area of 

 the island is 4015 sq. m. While a large part of the surface is barren lava, along 

 the shores and in the valleys on the north and east sides much sugar is produced, 



and on the west side the best coffee of the group is found. 



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