

INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 97 



Manihi, of the Paumotu archipelago, is the Waterlandt of Lemaire and Schouten, 

 1616; 13 m. xe-SW. Inhabitants make curiously elaborate cances. The east end 

 is in 14° 24' s., 145° 52' W. 21. 



Manihiki, see Monahiki. 19. L^t 



Manim, islet of Jobi, New Guinea. 



Manima, islet of Tongatabn. 



Manoba or Elisabeth, a thickly wooded island off the northeast point of Malaita, 

 Solomon islands. 8" 20' s., 160° 43' E. 



Manono, of the Samoan islands, is on the reef of Upolu. It has a surface of 3.3 sq. m.- 

 500 ft. high. 13° 50's., I72°oi'e. Formerly the political centre of the feudal aristo- 

 cracy; at present a sort of naval dockyard where a large double war-canoe is kept. 15. 



Manor, of the Schouten islands. o° 50' s., 136° E. 



Manose, one of the Hermit islands. i° 34' s., 144° 55' E. 8. 



Mantapeiti (leeward) and Mantapeitak (windward), islets of Ponape, Caroline islands. 



Manton, see Mokil, Caroline islands. 



Manila, of the American part of the Samoan group, covers 20 sq. m. and rises to a height 

 of 2500 ft. 14 15' S., i69°26'3o"w.O The traditionary cradle of the Samoan race. 



Mannae, a barren islet on the same reef with Anotu ; few inhabitants. Discovered 

 by Cook in 1773. Hervey group. 23. 



Manuatha, off the north coast of Yiti levu, Fiji; 400 ft. high. 



Mannbada, islet off Port Moresby on the south coast of New Guinea. 9 32's., 147° io'e. 



Manuhangi or Cumberland, of the Paumotu archipelago, was discovered by Wallis 

 in 1767. It is low but inhabited. The west end is in 19° 12's., 141° 19' 06" w. 21. 



Manui, islet of Mangareva. 



Manumanu, at the mouth of the Yanapa river in Redscar bay, New Guinea. 9°09's., 



146-54' K. 



Maora, islet on the east reef of Huaheine, Society islands. 



Maoraha, islet of San Cristoval, Solomon islands. 



Map, islet on northern side of Yap, Caroline islands. 



Mapas, islet on the south coast of Murua, Kirivvina group. 9 09' S., 152° 45' E. 



Mapeti, in Aifa pass on the coast of Tahiti, Society islands. 20. 



Mapia, see Pegan. 



Mara, islet in Muendo bay on the southwest side of New Caledonia. 



Maragili, a name of Kosmann islet in the Louisiade archipelago. 



Marai with Taliwewai forms Stuers islets; low, wooded, in the Louisiade archipelago. 



Maraki or Matthew, of the Gilbert islands, was discovered by Captains Marshall and 

 Gilbert in 1788; 5X2.5 m., the lagoon shores almost entirely covered with vegeta- 

 tion. Population was 1900 in 1886. 2° N., 173° 25' E. 7. 



Maramasiki is southeast of Malaita, Solomon islands. 9 32' S., 161 25' E.O 



Marambo, a small, wooded island 7 m. E. by n. from the south point of Kambara, 

 Fiji ; 160 ft. high. 



Marceau, islet in Arembo bay on the southwest side of New Caledonia. 



Marchand, see Xukuhiva of the Marquesas islands. 23. 



Marcken, incorredlly on the charts as Marqueen, was named by Lemaire from a sup- 

 posed resemblance to the island of that name in the Zuyder Zee. Captain Mort- 



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