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Jenkins, 3 m. long, off the coast of New Britain, Bismarck archipelago. 5° 15' s., 



150 39 ' E ' 

 Jeridy, islet at the east end of Majuro lagoon, Marshall islands. 7°04'n., i^x 24' 30" K. 



Jermaeloff or Yermaloff of Bellingshausen is Taenga of the Paumotu archipelago. 



Jervis is the largest of the Bellevue group in Torres strait. 9 07' S., 142° n' E. 



Jervis, an island of the Galapagos. 



JeSU Maria, of the Admiralty group, is 600-800 ft. high, 7-8 m. long, inhabited. 



2 20' S., 147" 40' E. 

 Jesus ( Isla de), discovered by Alvaro de Mendaha January 15, 1568. Perhaps Nano- 



mea, Ellice group. 

 Jih, north islet of Odia atoll of the Marshall islands. 

 Joannet, see Panatinani of the Louisiade archipelago. 

 Jobenor, islet of Lukunor, Marshall islands. 

 Jobi or Jappen, a large island at the entrance to Geelvink bay on the New Guinea coast. 



no m. E-W., 10-15 m. wide, 2500 ft. high. Inhabited by Papuans on the lowlands, 



biit on the mountains a more savage tribe is in constant hostilities with the 



dwellers on the shore. Belongs to the Sultan of Tidore and is under Dutch rule. 



The east end is in 1 46' s., 136 52' E. 

 Johnson, one of the Hudson group, Fiji; 70 ft. high. 1.7 ° 36' 30" S., 177" 00' 20" E.© 



Named for Lieutenant R. E. Johnson of the Wilkes Expedition. 

 Johnston group consists of three thickly wooded islets, about 70 ft. high, in the 



Admiralty islands. 2' 25' s., 147° 06' E. 

 Johnston or Cornwallis was discovered December 14, 1807, by Captain Johnston of 



H. M. S. Cornwallis. Examined in 1859 by Lieutenant J. M. Brooks of U. S. 



schooner Fennimore Cooper. It is a lagoon island 3.5 by 3.2 m. and affords 



guano. Claimed by the American Guano Company of San Francisco. 16" 45' n., 



169" 39' w. 

 Jomard, low group consisting of Panawaipona and Panarairai and a few islets in the 



Louisiade archipelago, n" 15' s., 152° 09' E. 

 Jombombo, islet in Astrolabe bay, northeast coast of New Guinea. 

 Jouvency or Iwa, 24 m. east from Kitava in the Kiriwina group, a mile in diameter, 



consisting of coral terraces and precipices, thickly wooded. Ascent from the sea 



by ladders. Ebony in quantity. A finer people than on New Guinea. 8° 44' S., 



15144'E. Jouvency was Geographical Engineer on the Espcrance. In the latest 



publication of the Admiralty Hydrographic Bureau this island is called Jouveney 



and is so printed on charts. 

 Juan Fernandez, or Mas-a-tierra, was named for a Spaniard voyaging from Lima to 



Yaldivia in 1563. It is a volcanic island 12X4 m -j 3000 ft. high, 360 m. west from 



Valparaiso. For three years the residence of Alexander Selkirk, the prototype of 



the immortal Robinson Crusoe. £3' 37' 45" s., 78° 13' w. 

 Judge and his Clerk, 24 m. N., 20° E. true from the north end of Macquarie island. 



54° 22' s., 158 46' e. 

 Jurien, see Kitava of the Kiriwina group. Jurien was a volunteer on the Espirance. 

 Jurij, islet on the west coast of Ebon, Marshall islands. 4° 36' 33" n., 168 41' 35 " E. 



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