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Miadi, Medjit or New Year of the Marshall islands, was discovered by Kotzebue, 



January 1, 1S17. The atoll is 3 m. N-S., and 0.7 m. wide. 10 17' yd' m., i7o°55'e. 

 Mibu, low, wooded, 11 m. in circumference, at the mouth of Fly river, separated by a 



narrow creek from the mainland. 8° 43' S., 143° 23' E. 

 Michael ov, see Tuvana i ra, Fiji. 

 Middle, see Tegua in China strait. 



Middleburgh, on the New Guinea coast. o° 24' S., 132° io' E. 

 Middleburgh, a name given by Tasman in 1643 to Eua of the Tongan islands. 

 Midge, see Abaura, New Guinea. 

 Midway, of the Hawaiian group, was discovered by Captain Brooks of the Gambia in 



1859. He took possession for the United States. It was surveyed by Captain 



W. Reynolds ( afterwards Admiral) in U. S. S. Lackawanna in 1867. Reef is 18 m. 



in circumference, with an entrance to the lagoon on the west. There are two islets, 



Eastern and Sand. 28° 12' 22" x., 177° 22' 20" w. It has (1900) been carefully 



resurveyed by the officers and men of the U. S. Iroquois, and many soundings 



were made to facilitate its use as a cable station. 

 Mille or Mulgrave, of the Marshall islands, is a chain of atolls 30 m. long; discovered 



by Captain Marshall in 1788. The southwest point is in 6" 09' n., 17 i j 30' E. 

 Mills, one of the Tiri islands off Vanua levu, Fiji. 

 Milne, off southeast coast of Raoul, Kermadec islands. 

 Miloradowitch, a name given by Bellingshausen in 18 19 to Faaite of the Paumotu 



archipelago. 

 • Minerva, see Pukahuha, Paumotu archipelago. £****< 



Miniminiahura is north of Saibai, New Guinea. 9 17' s., 142° 45' E. 

 Minto, see Tenarunga of the Actaeon group. 

 Mioko or Meoko, is an inhabited islet of the Duke of York group in the Bismarck 



archipelago, where the German protectorate was proclaimed November 3, 1884. 



4' 13' s., 152' 28' E. 

 Mioskaroar, small, low, thickly wooded, on north coast of New Guinea. o°i8 / S., i35°03'e. 

 Misima or St. Aignan of the Louisiade archipelago, is 21.5 m. E-w., 3-4 m. N-S., and 



3500zb ft. high. Population, in 1890, 3000; a mixture of Malay and Papuan 



stock; head-hunters, who have many canoes. Alluvial gold has been found. 



West cape io° 38' s., 152° 31' E. 9. 

 Misool is 50 m. north from Ceram; 50X20 m., mountainous and wooded. Interior 



people are Papuan, on the coast much mixed with Malay. Subject to Sultan of 



Tidore. 2 s., 130° E. 

 Misore or Mysore, see Sehouten islands. 

 Mitchell, a name of Nukulaelae of the Ellice group. 16. 

 Mitiero or Mitiaro, of the Hervey group, is 10 m. in circumference, very barren; deep 



lagoon with no opening in the surrounding reef. Population about 275. i9°49's., 



T 57'' 43' w. 

 Mitre, see Fataka in n° 55' s., 170° 10' E. 

 Moai, islet of Ifalik, Caroline islands. 3. 

 Moala, high, volcanic island of Fiji; 5X7 m., and 1535 ft. high. Population about 



600. South point is in 18° 41' S., 179° 53' E. 



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