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INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISIANDS. 







MATUKU 



MataSO or Two Hill of the New Hebrides, is about 19 m. north from Nguna; 1650 

 ft. high. Natives friendly. Mission station. 17° 18' S., 168° 23' E. 



Matathoni levtl, of Yasawa group, Fiji, 2 m. N-S. North point in 16° 57' S., 178° i8'45"e. 



Matelotas, see Ngoli of the Caroline islands. 



Matema, Swallow or Reef, comprise Lomlom, 'Nufiluli, Pileni, Nukapu, Anologo, 

 Nibanga, Panavi, Nupani, Fenuloa. The group lies between io° 04- io° 22'. S., 

 i65°39'-i66 19' E. British protectorate proclaimed August 18, 1898. 12. 



Materbert, small, rocky, off Gazelle peninsula of New Britain, Bismarck archipelago. 



Materhert, of the Bismarck archipelago, is 0.2 m. long. 4 17' s., 151° 32' E. 



Matthias, a mountainous and wooded islet 

 northwest from New Hanover. i°32's. 



Mathieu, islet of Malolo group, Fiji. 



Mathuata ( Macuata ) , off north coast of Ya- 

 nua levu, Fiji; 1.5 m. long, 500ft. highzb- 

 1 Matilda, see Mururoa of the Paumotu archi- 

 pelago. 22. 



Matin, islet of Marovo or New Georgia, 

 Solomon islands. 8'" 25' S., 158" 05' E. 



MatO, islet 5 m. south from Fen island. 



Matthew, discovered by Captain Gilbert 

 in 1788; 465 ft. high. 22 20' 12 S., 

 171 20' 30" E. 



Matthew, islet in Uitoe passage on the 

 southwest side of New Caledonia. 



Matthew, a basaltic cone southeast from 

 New Caledonia. 



Matthew, see Maraki of the Gilbert islands. 



Mattinson, see Sophia of the Ellice group 

 (existence uncertain). 



Matty, or Maty, was discovered by Carteret September 19, 1767, and named for his 

 friend Dr. Maty. It is 6 m. square, flat, and thickl\- peopled by a fine light col- 

 ored race of uncertain relationship. Their implements are peculiar and exceed- 

 ingly interesting. 1 45' s., 142 47' E. Probablv this is Tiger of the charts. 8. 



MatU avi, one of the Stewart group. 8 23' S., 162° 58' E. 



MatukanapUta, small and rocky island off Gazelle peninsula of New Britain; 60 ft. 

 high. 4 13' s., 151 32' E. 



Mattiku, in Fiji, is a good example of a high ( 1262 ft.) island with a fringing reef. 

 The map is copied from the survey given in the Challenger Report. Matuku is 

 4.5 m. x-s. CarFs harbor on the west side is the best in the group. The volcanic 

 peaks add great beauty to the scenery. The south point is in 19° 13' 30" S., 

 179" 44' E. Population in 1880 was 712. 



Matupi, a small volcanic island in Blanche bay, New Britain. 4 13' s., 152° 10' E. 



Matlirei Vavao or Estancelin of the Paumotu archipelago, is the southeastern of the 



Actseon group. It is 6 m. xw-SE. Northwest point is in 2i°27 / .s., 136° 28' w. 22. 



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