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Riff, north from Ronongo, Solomon islands. 7 49' s., 156° 26' E. 



Rikarika, western and largest of the Lebrun group, Eouisiade archipelago; 360 ft. 

 high. io° 52' s., 150 57' E. 



Ritnitara, Austral islands; 2-3 m. in diameter, 3 15 ft. high; inhabited. 22°4o's., i52°45'w. 



Rimski-Korsakoff, see Ailinginae, Marshall islands. 



' Rimsky, a name of Rongelab, Marshall islands, on some charts. 



Ringgold, Fiji; a high, volcanic group, not inhabited, comprising Budd, Maury, 

 North, Holmes, De Haven; all named for officers of the Wilkes Expedition. 



Riou, see Huahuna of the Marquesas islands. 



Roahouga, see Huahuna of the Marquesas islands. 



Roapoua, an old chart name for Huapu, Marquesas islands. Also spelled Roapua. 



Robatu, see San Cristoval of the Solomon islands. 



Robbe (Seal), islet in Marau sound, east end of Guadalcanar, Solomon islands. 



Roberts (of Hergest) is Eiao of the Marquesas islands. 



Roberts Isles, a name given by the Daedalus to the Marquesan group. 



Rock, a low, inhabited island in Naloa bay, Vanua levu, Fiji. i6°3c/24"s., i78°3c/e.O 



Rocky, a dark-colored rock with a scant covering of grass on the summit, on the 

 southeast coast of New Guinea. io° 41' 25" S., 150° 59' 45" E. 



Rock}-, see" Sophia of the EHice islands. 



Rocky, islet northwest from Mornington island in the Gulf of Carpentaria. 16° 19' S., 

 139" 24' E. 



Rofei, islet off Fauro, Solomon islands; 0.3X0.5 m. 123 ft. high. 



Rogeia or Heath, off east end of New Guinea, 4 m. nw-SE.; 1 m. wide, 12 15 ft. high; 



well wooded. io° 38' S., 150" 38' E. 

 ' Roger Simpson, a name of Apamama, Gilbert islands. 



Roi, islet of Kwadjalin, Marshall islands. 6. 



Roissy, off New Guinea. 3 15' s., 144° 03' E. 

 J Rokahanga, a chart name of Rakaanga, Paumotu archipelago. 

 J Romanzoff, see' Tikei of the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 



Romanzoff, see Wotje, Marshall islands. 



Roticador or Candelaria reef, Solomon islands, was seen by the pilot Maurelle in 

 1 78 1. Passing it in the night the noise of the breakers suggested the name 

 (Snorer). It is almost certain that it was the same reef seen by Mendana in 1567 

 and called by him Baxos de Candelaria. It is 18 m. in circumference and has two 

 openings on the southwest to a good lagoon. 6° 15' S., 159° 14' E. II. 



Rongelab or Bigini, of the Marshall islands, the Pescadores of ancient charts, was 

 discovered by Wallis, September 3, 1767. A lagoon atoll 16 m. long. Gulick 

 gives the population in i860 at 120; Witte, in 1878, at 18. n° i9'n., i67°35'e.O 



Rongelapelap, islet of Rongerik, Marshall islands. u° 14' 30" N., 166° 59' E. 



Rongerik, Marshall islands. Discovered by Kotzebue; 36 m. long, with a width from 

 3-20 m. The population in i860, according to Gulick, was 60; in 1878 Witte 

 gives only 10. n u 14' n., i66° 35' E.O 6. 



Ronhua, islet in Port Uitoe on the southwest side of New Caledonia. 



Ronongo, island south from Yella Lavella, Solomon islands, from which it is sepa- 

 rated by Wilson strait. About 2000 ft. high. 8° S., 156° 32' E. 



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