106 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISIANDS. 



Moali, Muli or Badeneu, islet southwest of Uea, Loyalty islands. There is only a 



boat passage between Moali and Uea. 

 Modu manu (for Moku maun), old spelling of the Hawaiian name of Nihoa or Bird 



island. 

 Moe, islet of Pavuvu, Solomon islands. 

 ' Moller, see Amanu of the Paumotu archipelago. 

 Moller, see Laysan, Hawaiian islands. 2. 

 Moerenhout or Maria, of the Paumotu archipelago, was discovered by Mr. Ebrill of 



the Amphitrite in 1832. A lagoon in centre. 21° 53' S., 136° 20' w.O 2,2,. 

 Mofia, on the north coast of New Guinea; half a mile n-S., 200 ft. high. o° 28' S„ 



135° I3' E. 



Mogmog, islet of Uluthi, Caroline islands. io° 06' N., 139° 45' 30" E. 



MogOgha, islet off the north coast of Yanua levu, Fiji. 



Moka, islet of Kia, Fiji. 



Mokaluva, islet at the entrance to Port Nukulau on the southeast coast of Viti levu, 

 Fiji. 



Mokil or Duperrey or Wellington is 90 m. east from Ponape, Caroline islands. It was 



discovered June 18, 1824, by Duperrev. The reef is 3 m. in diameter and has 



three islets, Mokil, Aoura and Ongai ( According to others the names are'Urak, 



" Manton and Kalap). About 175 inhabitants. South end is in 6°39'n., i59°53 / E. 



Moko, islet of Pavuvu of the Russell group, Solomon islands. 9° 04' S., 159° 07' E. 



Mokomok (Arrowroot), chief place of Uluthi or Mackenzie group, Caroline islands. 



Mokor, Caroline islands, a name in Dr. L. H. Gulick's list, in 5° 41' n., 152° 40' E. 

 Said not to exist. 



Mokuhooniki, islet 198 ft. high, off east end of Molokai, Hawaiian group. 2I°07'4o"n., 

 156 422o"w. 



Mokulii, islet off north coast of Oahu, Hawaiian group. 



Mokungai, 10 m. from Ovalau, Fiji; 3 m. n-S., 1.5 m. E-w. The north point is in 

 17 24' 16" s., 179 01' E. 



Molahau, in Bismarck archipelago. 3 14' s., 152 28' E. 



Molard, see Xdundine, Loyalty islands. 



Mole, islet 0.7 m. long, in Purdy islands. 2 52' S., 146 18' E. 8. 



Molokai, of the Hawaiian islands, is a long, high island, 4958 ft. high, and covering 

 167,000 acres. Population, 2307. On the middle of the north side a tongue runs 

 northward from the base of high precipices, and here, walled by nature from the 

 rest of the island, is the Government leper establishment. The east end is in 

 21 09' 18' x., 156 42' 45" W.; the west end in 21" 05' 50" N., 157° 18' 45" w. I. 



Molokini, of the Hawaiian islands, is a small, extinct crater in the channel between 

 Maui and Kahoolawe. Uninhabited. 



Motiagim or Monagun, islet east of Misima, Louisiade archipelago. io° 42' S., 



153° 53' E - 



Monahiki or Humphrey was discovered by Captain Patrickson in the Good Hope, 



1822. British protectorate declai'ed August 9, 1889. It is a closed lagoon reef 

 of triangular form with the apex to the north ; 6x5 m. io° 2o'3o"s., i6i°oi' 15" w. 



Population, 400-500. 19. 



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