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Spike, low and wooded, 1 m. in diameter, near North Foreland, New Guinea. 



Spires, two small coral patches near Utian of the Louisiade archipelago. 



Squally, of Tasman, is the Kerue of Bougainville ; about 2 m. in diameter, low and 

 wooded. i° 40' S., 1 50° 30' E. IO. 



Staaten Land, Tasman's name for New Zealand. 



Stacey, see Su-a-u, New Guinea. io° 43' 30" S., 150° 14' E. 



Stalio, on the southeast coast of Bougainville, Solomon islands. 6° 25' S., 155° 56' E. 



Stanton, see Babaman of the Louisiade archipelago. 



Star or Star Peak, see Merlav, New Hebrides. 



Starbtick, or Volunteer, was discovered by Captain Starbuck of DAigle, whaler, in 

 which the Hawaiian king, Liholiho, and suite went to England. Sighted by Lord 

 Byron when he returned the bodies of the King and Queen. Taken by the British 

 in December, 1866; 5 m. E-w., 1.5 m. n-s., 15 ft. high; a guano island. 5 38' S., 



i55° 55' w. 



Starbuck, see Aranuka of the Gilbert islands. 



Staver, see'Vostok. 



Steeple, see Jemo, Marshall islands. Properly Steep to. 



Stephen, see Ugar, Torres strait. 



Stewart, New Leinster or South Island (Rakiura), of New Zealand, was discovered 

 by Cook in 1770. In 1809 it was explored and surveyed by Captain J. Chase in 

 the Pegasus; named for W. Stewart, First Officer; then uninhabited. Population, 

 in 1886, 200; mostly Maoris or half-breeds; 39 m. n-s., 20 m. E-W., 3200 ft. high, 

 wooded. On the west coast are islets Long, Mogy and Codfish. Other islets are 

 Bench, Weka, Breaksea, Entrance, Pearl, Anchorage, Noble, Wedge, Ernest and 

 Raggedy. 



Stewart, see Sikaiana. Discovered by Captain Hunter in 1791. 



Stirling, south from Mono, Solomon islands, is a raised coral reef 200 ft. high; 

 3X0.5 m. 7 25' S., 155° 31' E. 



Stobtial, islet of Aurh of the Marshall islands. 8° 18' 42" N., 171° 12' E. 6. 



Storm, a high island of Fiji. 18 20 20" s., 178 10' 15" e.O 



Strachan, a large interfluvial island on the south coast of New Guinea, between the 

 Wassi Kussa and Mai Kussa rivers. 



Stradbroke, 33X6 m. off Moreton bay, Queensland. North point is in 27° 23' S., 



153^5' E. 

 Straggling, northeast of the east point of Deaf Adder bay, New Guinea; 2.2 m. off 



shore. 7° 27' S., 147° 27' E. 

 Strait (E.), in Torres strait. io° 29' S., 142° 26' E. 

 Strawn, islet of Palmyra. 

 Strong, see Kusaie, of the Caroline islands. 



Stuart, near Mbenga, Fiji; high, 1.5 m. in circumference. i8°24'2o"s., 178° 05' 25" E.O 

 Stuers consists of Marai and Taliwewai in the Louisiade archipelago. n° oj' S., 



I51 08' E. 

 Su-a-U or Stacey was formerly supposed the south end of New Guinea; extends 2 m. 



NE-SW.; 787 ft. high. io° 43' S., 150° 14' E. 

 Suckling Reef, see Uluma of the Louisiade archipelago. 



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