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Ktirimarau, islet of Pavuvu, Solomon islands. 



Kuriva is sontlieasternniost of the Engineer group, Louisiades ; 2 m. E-w., 400 ft. high. 



Large village on the south side. 

 Kurudu is 3 m. east from Jappen on the north coast of New Guinea. It is 8 m. E-W. 

 Kusaie, 'Ualan or Strong, of the Caroline islands, was discovered in 1804 by Captain 



Crozer, who named it for Caleb Strong, the Governor of Massachusetts; 8.5 m. 



E-w., 7.7 m. x-s.; 24 m. in circumference; volcanic. Mt. Crozer is 2152 ft. high. 



Population about 400. 5° 19' n., 163° 06' E. 5. 

 Kussa, of the Talbot group, north of Boigu, New Guinea. 9 16' s., 142° 21' E. 

 v Kuthiu, a form of 'Kusaie, Caroline islands. 

 Kutomo or Lesser Isle of Pines, a portion separated from the main island by a narrow 



channel. 

 Ktltll, islet of Satoan, Caroline islands. 4. 

 v Kutusow, see'Utirik of the Marshall islands. 6. 

 • Kuvyo, islet of Maskelyne group, New Hebrides. 

 ' Kwadelen or Kwajalong, see Kwadjalin. 

 Kwadjalin, of the Marshall islands, consists of many islets about a lagoon, of which 



the west side is 58 m. long. The north islet is in 9 14' n., 167 02' E. Mentschi- 



kow group of map No. 6. 

 Kwaiatabu, a name of Duau, D'Entrecasteaux group. 

 Kwaiawata, of the Kiriwina group, is nearly 2 m. in diameter. The lagoon has a 



high, wooded, coral wall around, and the whole indications are of a raised island. 



About 400 inhabitants. 

 Kwaiope, islet southeast from Moratau of the D'Entrecasteaux group. g° 43' S., 



150" 54' E. 

 Kwataua, small island north from Rogeia, on the southeast coast of New Guinea, 



belonging to the London Missionary Society. 

 KwewatO, a coral island, densely peopled, in the Kiriwina group. 8 U 30' S., 151° E 



Labi, of the Kiriwina group. 8° 36' s., 150" 50' E. 



Laciba, see Lathiba, a small, low island off Ngau, Fiji. 



La Desgraciada, a name on the Spanish chart captured by Anson and supposed to 

 apply to one of the Hawaiian islands. 



Ladrone, a name given to the Marianas by some of the Spanish sailors of Magalha.es, 

 who fancied the indigenes were great thieves. As they were not more so than 

 other islanders, or perhaps than the sailors who named them, it seems a pity to 

 attach the stigma of such a name to the group, especially as all the original in- 

 habitants have been "converted" into the grave. 



Lae or Brown, of the Marshall islands, was discovered by Captain J. W. Brown in 

 December, 1858. It is a group of 14 islets on a reef 6 m. in diameter. About 250 

 inhabitants. 9' x., 166° 20' E. 



Lagoon of Cook is Vahitahi of the Paumotu archipelago. Lagoon of Bligh is Tema- 

 tangi of the same group. 



Lagrandiere, of the Kiriwina group. Named for Lieutenant Lagrandiere of the 

 Espr ranee. 8' 52' S., 151" 12' E.O 



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