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Ongombua, islet on the northeast coast of New Caledonia, containing about two acres 



of grass. 

 "Oniop, islet oLLukunor, Caroline islands; 300 inhabitants. 4. 

 Ono is northeast from Kandavu, Fiji; 4.5X3.5 m. Peak Mbualu, 1160 ft. high. 



Population in 1880 about 790. 

 Ono i lau, Fiji, consists of six islands, 3 volcanic, 3 coral. Group extends 5 m. 

 . .NE-SW., and is 4 m. wide; highest peak, 370 ft. Population about 450. 20° 39' S. 

 Onoatoa or Clerk of the Gilbert islands. i° 51' S., 175° 36' E. Described by Rev. H. 



Bingham as 12 m. long, having a lagoon bordered by a reef on the western side, 



-with a good boat channel near the centre. Islets are Tanyah, Bowerick, Sand, 



Otoeie, Hack, Taburari, Onutu, Teumah. Population, 3000. 7. 

 ■ Onoune, islet of the Caroline islands. 

 Onotlp or'Onupe, islet of Namonuito, Caroline islands. 

 Ontong Java. 5° 25' S., 159° 30' E. A reef 50 m. E-w., 20 m. n-S., with many densely 



peopled islets. Natives said to be of Polynesian origin. Only weapon a sling. 



Named by Tasman in 1643, afterwards identified with the Lord Howe of Captain 



Hunter, 1791. 

 Ontia, islet off the north end of Alu, Solomon islands. 

 Ontlttl, islet of Onoatoa, Gilbert islands. 



Opea, islet near the Roux group on the south coast of New Guinea. 

 Oparo, a name of Rapa. 



Oputotara, islet of Tahiti on the south end of the barrier reef. 

 Oraltlk, Bordelaise or San Agostino of the Caroline islands, was discovered in 1826 



by Captain Saliz of Bordeaux. It is 2 m. long, 100 ft. high, coral. 7 38' n., 



t-55° 09 E. 



Oreia, small, low and wooded island of the Renard group, Louisiade archipelago. 



Orlofe, islet, inhabited, off the north end of Alu, Solomon islands. 



Ormed, islet of Wotje, Marshall islands. g° 33' 16" n., 170° 10' 58" E. 



Orokou, islet off the north point of Babeltop, Pelew islands. 



Orolong, 1.5 m. long, off northwest point of Uruktapi, Pelew islands. 7 18' N., 

 134° 25' E. 



Ortega, islet of the Solomon islands. 8°33's., i59°48 / E. Named for Pedro de Ortega 

 Valencia, an officer of the Mendana expedition of 1567. 



Ort^en, islet northwest from Cape Duperre on the north coast of New Guinea. 



Orumbatl, islet off the northwest coast of Malekula, New Hebrides. i6°04's., 167 21'E. 



Osasai, islet 225 ft. high, wooded, near Tagula in the Louisiade archipelago. 



Osnaburgh, a name given by Wallis to Mururoa, Paumotu archipelago. 



Osubll, a group of three islets, high and rocky, east from Avia in the Exploring isl- 

 ands, Fiji, 17° 10' S., 181 10' E.O 



Otafi, islet of Fakaafo. 9 23' s., 171 13' w. 



Otaheite is Tahiti with the article, O Tahiti. 



Otdia, a form of Odia, see Wotje. 



Otea, the Great Barrier of Cook, is about 21m. long and 10 in its greatest breadth. 

 Central Peak rises to 2130 ft. This the largest of the islands to seaward of the 



gulf of Hauraki, New Zealand. 



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