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Nuakata or Lydia, is east of the East cape of New Guinea; 1010 ft. high, thickly 

 inhabited. ro° 17' S., 151° E. 



Nliare, on the great South Reef of New Caledonia, 3.5 m. sw. by S. from Kie. 



Nubani or Nubara, islet on the southeast coast of Murua. 9 io' S., 153° E. 



Nubiam, Trobriand group. 8° 40' 30" s., 150 52' E. 



Nufiluli or Nufiloli, of the Matema group, is a mile long and 200 ft. high. British 

 protectorate was declared August 18, 1898. 



Nllgarba or Goodman, the southernmost of the Abgarris group, Bismarck archipelago. 

 The north point is in 3 23' S., 154° 41' E. 



Nugatobe, a group of three small islands, Fiji. iy° 18' S., 180° 29' E.O 



Nugent, islet off the east coast of Raoul, Kermadec islands. 



NugU consists of two islets, Pari sule and Pari pile, lying between Florida and Gua- 

 dalcanal Solomon islands. 9 18' s., 160 15' E. 



NugU, islet of Tongatabu on the northeast. 21° 05' 30" S., 174° 58' 30" w. 18. 



Nui, Xetherland or Egg, was discovered in 1827. There are 8 islets on the east side 

 of the reef. Although geographically of the Ellice group the people and language 

 are derived from the Gilbert group. 7 13' 20" S., 177° 14' 30" E. 



Nuimbua, a low, wooded islet in Tupeti passage on the southeast coast of New Cale- 

 donia. 



NukapU, of the Matema group, is a mile long and 100 ft. high. People Polynesian. 

 This was the place of Bishop Patteson's murder. 



Nuku, islet of Tongatabu, Tongan islands. 18. 



Nuku akimoa or Sail-rock, islet of Uvea or Wallis; 15 ft. high. 



Nuku atea, islet of Uvea ; 200 ft. high. 



Nukufetau or De Peyster group, Ellice islands, was discovered in 1819. 8-9 islets 

 around a lagoon 7 m. in diameter, with an entrance on the northwest side. In 

 1881 the population was 250. North point is in 7 56' S., 178° 27' 30" E. 



Nukuhiva or Marchand is the principal island of the Marquesas ; 14 m. E-w., 10 m. n-S. 

 Lofty mountains and fertile valleys, but the population in 1880 had been reduced 

 to 800; twenty years before it was over 2000. 8° 57' S., 140° 15' w. (West end.) 23. 



Nuku ira, one of the Tiri group on the north coast of Vanua levu, Fiji. 



Nukulaelae or Mitchell group, Ellice islands. A lagoon island 7 m. N-S., 2 m. E-W. 

 14 islets; 150 inhabitants in 1886. 9 18' S., 179° 48' E. 

 ' Nukulakia, islet of Fakaafo. g° 25' s., 171 14' w. 



Nukulau, a low, sandy, well wooded islet 0.3X0.2 m.; off Viti levu, Fiji. 18° io'23"s., 

 178' 30' 30" E.O 



Nukulevu, Fiji, is small, fertile, inhabited, if 41' 16" S., 178° 39' 10" E.O 



Nukumanu, an inhabited island west from Nuku mbasanga, Fiji. 16° 20' 30" S., 

 180° 36' 40" E.O 



Nukumanu, see Tasman. 



Nukumasanga, islet of Fakaafo. g° 24' 12" S., 17 1° 12' w. 



Nuku mbasanga, one reef encloses this and Nuku mbalate; 10 m. north from 

 Nanuku, Fiji. 16° 19' s., 180° 45' 20" E. 



NukumbatU, islet 80 ft. high, off the north coast of Vanua levu, Fiji. 



Nukumbati, a low, mangrove islet 0.3 m. N-S., 400 yds. wide. i6°27'54"s., i79°oo'45 / 'e.O 



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