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Recherche (lie de la), name given by the French to Vanikoro, New Hebrides. 



Recreation, of Roggewein, is Makatea of the Paumotu archipelago. 



Red, on the Australian coast. io° 50' s., 142° 20' E. 



Redika, a wooded islet on the Great South Reef of New Caledonia. 



Redlands, off Sandwich island, Bismarck archipelago. 3 S., 150° 45' E. 



Redlick, a ring of low islands on a reef 4.5X2 m., with a closed lagoon, in the 

 Louisiade archipelago. io° 50' S., 152° 30' E. 



Redman, islet of Choiseul, Solomon islands. 



Reef, see Matema group, Santa Cruz islands. 



Refuge, islet of Bougainville, Solomon islands, near Cape Friendship. 



Reid, Fiji; high. 17° 57' 20" S., 181° 38' 30" E.O 



Reid, islet of Guadalcanar, Solomon islands. 



Reid, a name of Tuinaka, Raeffsky islands. 21. 



Reirson, name given to Rakaanga by Captain Patrickson in 1822. 



Reitoru, Hikuera or Bird, a low, uninhabited island of the Paumotu archipelago. 

 17° 48' 10" S., 143° 04' 52" w. 21. 



Rekareka or Goodhope of the Paumotu archipelago; inhabited; 5 m. NE-SW. by 4 m. 

 Boat entrance to lagoon. 16° 48' S., 141° 35' w.O 21. 



Remalum, islet of Faitruk group in Ruk lagoon, Caroline islands. 



Remski Korsakow, see Ailinginae, Marshall islands. Also Rimski-Korsakoff. 



Renard or Fox, Louisiade archipelago; 11 islets within reef. H. M. S. Renard, 1879. 

 io D 49' s., 152° 58' E. 



Renard, Solomon islands; 1.5 m. long, 220 ft. high. Named for British war vessel, 

 Renard, 1880. 7 41' S., 156° 32' E. II. 



Rendova, Solomon islands; volcanic, 2500 ft. high, densely wooded; 18 m. n-s., 8 m. 

 E-w. North point is in 8° 24' S., 157° 15' E. II. 



Rennell, Solomon islands. Two islands, Mongiki = Bellona and Mongava = Rennell, 

 discovered by Butler in 1794. Population said to be Polynesian. British pro- 

 tectorate declared August 18, 1898. West end n° 40' S., 159° 55' E. 



Rennell, in Torres strait. g° 45' s., 143 15' E. 



Renny, see Aivo, Solomon islands. 



Resolution, off southwest coast of Middle island, New Zealand. Named for Cook's ship. 



Resolution, see Tauere, Paumotu archipelago. 



Revolution (lies de la), a name given by Marchand to the northwest group of the 

 Marquesas in 1791. 



Reynold, see Vanua kula, Fiji. 



Reynolds, of the Underwood group, Fiji. Named for William Reynolds (afterwards 

 Admiral). 17" 43' 10" S., 177° 12' 10" E.O 



Rica de Oro, Rica de Plata, two islands of the Bonin group. For years their 

 fabled riches were an El Dorado to the Dutch navigators. 



Rich, see Bagabag in Astrolabe bay on the north coast of New Guinea. 



Riche, of D'Entrecasteaux, is not an island but a bluff in Holnicote bay on the north- 

 east coast of New Guinea. Riche was one of the naturalists on the Esperance. 



Richmond, a low island of the Tiri group off Vanua levu, Fiji. 16° 25' 24" S., 



179" 07' 50" E.O 



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