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Table, see Motumau, New Zealand. 



Tabua, high islet off Viti levu, Fiji. West side is in 17° 30' S., 177° 30' 10" E. 



Xabtinagora, an islet of the outer ring of Egum atoll at the northeast part, on the 

 south side of the opening to the lagoon. 9 21' 30" S., 153° 02' E. 



Taburari, islet of Oneatoa, Gilbert islands. i° 54' 45" S., 175° 47' 10" E. 



Tabtltha or Cap, inhabited island of Fiji, 3X1.7 m'., 350 ft. high. i7°40 / S., i8i°i2'e.O 



Taenga or Holt, discovered in the Margaret in 1803 and named Holt; low, inhabited. 

 Northwest point is in 16 18' S., 143° 17' w. Paumotu archipelago. 21. 



Tafahi or Boscawen, of the Tongan islands, was discovered by Lemaire and Schouten 

 May 11, 1616, and by them named Cocos. Wallis, in 1767, named it Boscawen; 

 2000 ft. high; inhabited. 15° 52' S., 173° 50' w. 



Tafolaelo, islet of Fakaafo. 9 24' 50" S., 171° 12' W. 



Tagaik, islet of Pakin, Caroline islands. 7 04' 04" N., 157 47' E. 



Tagllla or Sudest is the largest of the Louisiade archipelago, being 40X8 m., and 

 2689 ft. high; wooded and inhabited. Northwest point is in n° 20' S., 153° 11' E. 



Tahaa is within the same reef with Raiatea, Society islands; 1936 ft. high. Many 

 islets on the reef. 16 35' s., 15 1° 35' 06" w. 20. 



Tahanea or Tchitschagof, of the Paumotu archipelago, a reef covered with wooded 

 islets. Three good entrances to the lagoon. The west end is in 16° 52' S., 

 144° 58' W. 21. 



Tahanlagb, islet off the north end of Balabio, New Caledonia. 13. 



Tahiti or Otaheite, of the Society islands, the Sagittaria of Quiros who discovered it 

 February 10, 1606. Wallis rediscovered it in 1767. 17° 38' 30" S., 149° 30' w.O 

 33 m. xw-SE.; divided into two parts by an isthmus about 1.2 m. wide, the smaller 

 called Taiarapu. Orohena, the highest peak, is 7329 ft. Barrier reef surrounds 

 the island at a distance of 1-2 m., within which are several good harbors, the 

 principal being Papiete on the northwest. Here is the seat of Government. Point 

 Venus, the place of Cook's observations, is on the north side. 20. 



Tahtiata or Santa Cristina, of the Marquesas islands, was discovered by Mendana 

 21-22 July, 1595; 8.5 m. n-s., 1.2-5 m - E-w.; 3280 ft. high. Population, in 1888, 

 was 408. 9° 56' 21" s., 1 39 06' w. 23. 



Tahura, old chart name for Kaula of the Hawaiian islands. I. 



Tahurowa = Kahoolawe, Hawaiian islands. 



Taiahu, islet on the east reef of Huaheine. 



Taiaro or King, of the Paumotu archipelago, was discovered by Captain Fitzroy of 

 H. M. S. Beagle in 1835. The lagoon is closed; islets wooded; few inhabitants. 

 15° 46' S., 144° 37' w. 21. 



Taifaur, a grassy islet, 270 ft. high, northwest from Abaga gaheia in the Louisiade 

 archipelago. 



Taii, islet of Tongatabu on the northeast. 21° oi' s., 174 57' w. 18. 



Taitaka, islet in the centre of Port Stanley, Malekula, New Hebrides; 400X200 yds. 



Taka or Suvarov, atoll with closed lagoon and a few islets on the east reef. Popula- 

 tion, 20 in i860. Discovered in 1814 by Lieutenant L,azarev in the Suvarov. 

 Protectorate declared by Great Britain April 22, 1889. 13° 15' S., 163° 10' w. 



Takain, islet of Ponape, Caroline islands. 5. 



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