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Hiti, or Eliza, one of the Raeffsky group in the Panmotns. Uninhabited. 16' 42' S., 



144 09' w. Also called Ohiti and Clnte. 21. 

 Hivaoa or Dominica, of the Marquesas islands, was discovered by Mendaiia 21-22 July, 



1595. Dumont D'Urville calls it Oniva-Hoa. 22 m. by 6 m., 2820 ft. high. The 



most fertile and populous of the group. Population in 1880, 2500zt- The east 



end is in g : 47' s., 13S 47' w. 23. 

 Hiw, the largest of the Torres group in the New Hebrides, is 6.5 m. X 3-5 m., and 



1200 ft. high. 13" 04' s., i66 J 30' E. 

 " Hogoleu, see'Ruk, Caroline islands. 

 Holborne, on the Australian coast. 19° 42' S., 148° 21' E. 



Holeva, islet 2.5 m. long, on the same reef with'Lefuka, Hapai group, Tongan islands. 

 Holland^ see Howland. 



'Holt, see Taenga of the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 

 Home, group on the Australian coast. n° 57' S., 143° 17' E. 

 Honden, see' Pukapuka, Paumotu archipelago. 22. 



Honegueneck, one of the Pleiades group northwest of Uea, Loyalty islands. 

 Honni, see" One, Gilbert islands. 



Hood, of the Galapagos, is the southernmost of the group; 640 ft. high. 

 • Hood, see Fatuhuku, Marquesas islands. 

 Hook, on the coast of Australia. 20° 07' S., 148° 57' E. 

 Hope, islet on the Great Barrier reef. 

 Hope, see "Arorai, Gilbert islands. 



Hope (Captain Charles Hope) see Niuafou, Tonga islands. 

 Hopper, seeApamama of the Gilbert islands. 



Horea, islet on the north side of Tiano pass, west coast of 'Raiatea, Society islands. 

 Horn, between Torres and Endeavor straits. io° 36' S., 142° 16' E. 

 Home, group discovered by Le Maire and Schouten May 19, 1616. Consists of Fotuna 



and Alofa. Under French protectorate. 

 Horno, of the Admiralty group. 2° 11' S., 147° 46' E. 

 Hosken, small, wooded, 150 ft. high. 7" 36' s., 147° 37' E. 

 Houaf, islet of Ruk, Caroline islands. 7° 39' 05" n., 15 1° 43' 42" ~E. 

 Houahouna, a chart form of Huahuna of the Marquesas islands. 

 Houtourou, the native name for Little Barrier in Auckland harbor, New Zealand. 

 Howe (Lord), see Mopiha, Society islands. 

 Howick, group on the Australian coast. 14° 30' s., 145° E. 

 Howison, in the Fiji group; 36 ft. high. 18 51' S., 178° 25' 30" E.O 

 Howland was discovered by the American Captain Netcher, September 9, 1842. 



2 m. X 0.5 m., 20 ft. high. A guano island now claimed by Great Britain. 



o° 49' N., 176° 40' w. 

 Huaheine, easternmost of the Leeward group of the Society islands, discovered by 



Cook Jul\-, 1769; 20 m. in circumference; divided at high water into Huaheine nui 



and Huaheine iti. Population, 1100. 16° 42' 30" S., 159° 01' 15" w. 20. 



Huahuna, of the Marquesas islands. 8° 55' s., 139° 34' w. 



Huapu, or Adams of the Marquesas group is a bold and rocky island rising to a 



height of 4042 ft., and covering about 45 sq. m. 9' 24' S., 140° 05' w. 23. 



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