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Mabtli, an islet of Misima, Louisiade archipelago ; small, wooded, 90 ft. high. 10 56' s., 



152° 36' E. 

 Mablliag, island in Torres strait. 



Macarthur, on the Australian coast. ii° 45' s., 143° E. 

 Maeaskill, see Pingelap of the Caroline islands. 

 Macauley, of the Kermadec group, is 3 m. in circumference, 780 ft. high ; volcanic, 



uninhabited; surrounded by perpendicular cliffs 600 ft. high, but can be scaled by 



means of a lava stream on the north side. 30° 16' S., 178° 32' W. 

 Mac Donald, in the Bismarck archipelago. 5 26' S., 150° 43' E. 

 Mackenzie, see Uluthi of the Caroline islands. 3. 

 Maclear, islet of the Admiralty group, 200 ft. high, 900 by 700 yards. i° 55' S., 



146' 32' E. 

 Macquarie, in 54°44's., i59°49'e., is 1 200-1500 ft. high. In the early part of this 



century it is said 80,000 seals were killed on it. Now inhabited by birds only. 

 Madaamet, islet of Ailinglablab, Marshall islands. Sometimes spelled Madamett. 

 Maer ( pronounced Mer) is the largest of the Murray group in Torres strait. On the 



same reef with Dauer and Waier. Population, 450. 9 55' s., 144° 02' E. 

 "Maewo, see Maiwo, New Hebrides. 



Magdalena, see Fatuhiva of the Marquesas islands. 23. 

 Magellan, an old name of the Marianas. 

 Maghyr or Magur, islet of Namonuito, Caroline islands. At extreme north of atoll. 



8° 59' 45" N-, ISO' 14' 3o" E. 

 Maghyrarik, islet of Namonuito, Caroline islands. 

 Magnetic, island of the Australian coast. 19" 10' S., 146° 51' E. 

 ■Mago, see Mango, Fiji. 



Magone, islet on the northwest coast of New Caledonia. 

 Mahabarina, middle islet of the Killerton group off east coast of New Guinea; 



0.5 m. X 0.2 m. 

 Mahea, islet at entrance to Hamene bay, Tahaa, Society islands. 2,0. 

 Mahigi, see Ortega, Solomon islands. 

 Mai or Mae is the name often given to Three Hills of the New Hebrides, but it is the 



name of the central district, not of the whole island. See Three Hills. 

 Maia iti, see'Tubuai manu of the Society group. 

 Maiakei, a corrupt spelling of Maraki, Gilbert islands. 

 Maiana or Hall, of the Gilbert islands, was called Gilbert by Captains Marshall and 



Gilbert in 1788; then called Hall by the Captain of the brig Elisabeth in 1809. 



It is 9 in. xe-sw. by 6 m. In 1886 the population was 1700. o° 55' 30" n., 



173' 03' 45" E. 

 Maioiti, see Tapamanu, Society islands. 

 Mairu, off the New Guinea coast. io° 25' S., 149" 21' E. 

 Maitea or Mehetia, is the easternmost of the Society group; 7 m. in diameter, 1597 ft. 



high, if 53' s., 148° 05' w. 

 Maitland, two islets remarkably alike, southwest from St. Andrew islands in the 



Admiraltv group. 2° 29' S., 147° 18' PC 



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