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Pones, islet of Ruk, Caroline islands. 



Ponui, in x\uekland harbor, New Zealand. 



Poporang, islet of Shortland, Solomon islands. II. 



Porcupine, islet at base of Mont d'Or at the south end of New Caledonia; 300 ft. high, 



rocky and covered with fir trees. 

 Porondu or Contrariete, islet on the southwest coast of New Caledonia; low and 



wooded. 

 Pororan, off the west coast of Bouka, Solomon islands. 5 15' S., 154° 30' E. 

 Portland, three low, wooded islands in the Bismarck archipelago, the eastern one the 



largest; 2.5 m. long, inhabited. 2° 38' S., 149° 40' E. 

 Portland, see Waikawa, New Zealand. 

 Portlock, in Torres strait. io° 07' S., 142° 22' E. 



Possession, northeast from Banks in Torres strait. io° 05' S., 142° 20' E. 

 Possession, in Endeavor channel. io°42's., 142° 23' E. It seems probable that there 



is but one Possession island, but on the chart sometimes one, sometimes the other 



position is given. 

 Pott, one of the Belep group northwest from New Caledonia ; 4 m. nw-SE. 

 Powell, islet near Pender in the Eouisiade archipelago. 



P020at or Poloat, eastern islet of Enderby group, Caroline islands. 7°2o'n., i49°i7'e. 

 Predour ( Le) islet off St. Vincent bay on the southwest side of New Caledonia. 

 Predpriatie, see Akahaina, Paumotu archipelago. Named for Kotzebue's sloop of war. 

 Prince Frederick Henry, a low, flat island, 90 m. long, on the southwest coast of 



New Guinea, north of the Gulf of Carpentaria. 

 Prince of Wales, a group in Torres strait, comprising Thursday, Horn, Prince of 



Wales, Friday (Quarantine station), Goode and Hammond. io°4o's., 142° ii'e.O 

 Prince William Henry, see Nengonengo of the Paumotu archipelago. 

 Prince William Islands, Tasman's name for the Fijian group. 

 Princessa, see Lib of the Marshall islands. 6. 



Proby, the name given by the discoverer, Captain Edwards, to Niuafoou, Tongan islands. 

 Prospect, see Washington. 

 Protection, see Leausan, off the northwest coast of Fate, New Hebrides. Eeleppa, on 



the same coast, is also called Protection, or are they perhaps confounded? 

 Providence, see Udjelong of the Marshall islands. 

 Pudiue or Observatory, islet off the northeast coast of New Caledonia. Here was 



buried Huon de Kermadec, captain of the Espe ranee of D'Entrecasteaux' expe- 

 dition. (Died May 7, 1792,.) '7f J 

 Puen, islet, see Montravel, New Caledonia. 

 Pugelug, islet of the Caroline islands. 



Pukapuka, a name given by traders to Tog in the Torres group. 

 Pnkapuka, or Gierke, low, inhabited atoll of the Paumotu archipelago. i7°23's., 



138° 35' W. 

 Pukapuka, the north island of the Danger group, 80 ft. high. Population, 375; 



coconut trees abundant. io° 53' S., 165° 45' 30" w. 

 Pukapuka, Henuake, Honden or Dog, was discovered by Lemaire and Schouten April 



10, 1616; 330 m. west from Manahiki, and consists of three islets around a fine 



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