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covered by Captain Fitzroy in H. M. S. Beagle in 1835. It is 12 m. n-s., open 

 lagoon with 15 fathoms. South point is in 15° 59' 48" S., 145° 09' 30" w. 31. 

 Kayangle or Moore of the Pelew islands; 1.5 m. long. 8° 02' 30" n., 134 38' 30" K. 



Better spelling is Kajangle. 

 Kayser, off west coast of Bouka, Solomon islands. 5 31' S., 154° 36' K. 

 Kea, an inhabited islet, 570 ft. high, nearYanua levu, Fiji. 16 39' s., 179° 57' 20" E. 

 Keaba, islet of Ysabel, Solomon islands. Sometimes spelled Keaha. 8° s., 159° 28' E. 

 Keai, near Port Chalmers, New Guinea. 8° 10' S., 146° 06' E. 



KeatS, in Torres strait. 9 41' s., 143 25' E. 



Kelifijia or'Falafagea, of the Tongan islands. 28° 31' S., 175° 18' w. 



Keltma, islet off north coast of New Guinea, near Cape King William. A German station. 



Kemin, see Gardner of the Phoenix group. 17. 



Kempe, group of two small islands connected by reef 1.5 m. north from Goulvaiu or Dobu. 



Ketntai, islet 20 ft. high, on the southeast coast of New Guinea. 



Kendec, wooded islet in Kumak passage on the northwest coast of New Caledonia. 



Kennedy, see Motuiti of the Santa Cruz islands. 



Kent, group in Bass strait between Flinders and Cape Wilson. See F. Nixon, Narra- 

 tive of a visit to the islands in the Bass's Straits, London, 1857, 8vo. 



Kepara, or Two Brothers, was discovered by D'Urville. It is west from Bultig, New 

 Guinea. 



Keppel, see'Xiuatobutabu of the Tongan islands. 18. 



Kerakera, islet on the bordering reef of W'ari, Louisiade archipelago; 60 ft. high 

 and grassy. 



Kerawarra in the Bismarck archipelago. 4 17' s., 152 25' e. 



Kermadee group. Named by D'Entrecasteaux for the commander of EEsperauce, 

 Huon de Kermadee. The group is 500 m. kn'K. from the north cape of New 

 Zealand, and extends 140 m. NNE-SSW. There are four islands: the largest, Raoul, 

 was named by D'Entrecasteaux for the officer who first saw it; the south one for 

 his ship, L/Esperanee. Lieutenant Watts, in 1788, discovered Curtis and Macau- 

 ley. Group annexed to Great Britain in 1886 and now a part of the colony of 

 New Zealand. 



Kerue, see Squally, of the Bismarck archipelago. 10. 

 ' Kewley, see Udjelong of the Caroline islands. 5. 



Kia, islet 780 ft. high, north of Vanua levu, Fiji, and just within the north point of 

 the Great Sea Reef. 16 14' S., 179 06' E. 14. 



Kiamu or Grimoult, islet in Mueo bav, southwest side of New Caledonia. 



Kiangle, see Kajangle, Pelew islands. 



Kibu, of the Kiriwina group. 8" 40' S., 150" 48' E. 



Kie, islet 760 ft. high, off Muthuata on the north side of Vanua levu, Fiji. 16° i3'54"s., 

 i70 : 05' E. 



Kie, islet on the southeast reef of New Caledonia. 



Kilagetl, islet north side of Udjelong, Marshall islands. 



Kilap, islet oPUluthi, Caroline islands. 



Kili or' Hunter group. Discovered by Captain Dennett ; in the Marshall group; 2.5 m. 



in diameter, uninhabited. 5" 40' N., 169° 15' E.O 



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