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Tenararo or Bedford island, in the Actseon group of the Paumotu archipelago, is 2 m. 

 in diameter, with a closed lagoon. About 20 inhabitants. 21° 18' S., 13 6° 42' w. 



Tenarunga or Minto, of the Actaeon group in the Paumotu archipelago, is 7 m. north- 

 west from Maturei vavao. 21° 22' S., 136° 34' w. 2,2,. 



Te Ndtl encloses Port Laguerre on the west. On the southwest side of New Cale- 

 donia ; 1 m. N-S. 



Tenia, islet on the north side of St. Vincent passage, on the southwest side of New 

 Caledonia. 



TepotO or Ofiti (the Eliza of Mauruc) was discovered by Bellingshausen in 1820. 

 Of the Raeffsky group in the Paumotu archipelago. 16° 48' S., 144° 19' W. 21. 



Terio, islet of Apaiang, Gilbert islands. i° 48' 30" n., 173 oi' E. 



Tern, on the Australian coast. n° S., 142° 46' E. 



Testard, two islets on the southwest side of New Caledonia. 



Teste, see Wari on the New Guinea coast. 



Tetaro, islet on the northeast part of the outer reef of Raiatea, Society islands. 

 ^Tetiaroa, a chart form of Tetuaroa, Society islands. 20. 



Tettiaroa, of the Society islands, was discovered by Quiros, February, 1606. A reef 

 with a dozen islets, wooded. East end is in 17 07' 15" S., 149° 29' 30" w. 



TetopotO (Disappointment islands of Byron), of the Paumotu archipelago, covers 

 about 9 sq. m.; no lagoon; uninhabited (?); large trees. i4°o8's., 141° 16'w. 21. 



Teuatia, islet of Uapu in Shavay bay, Marquesas islands. 



Teumah, islet at the northwest extremity of v Onoatoa, Gilbert islands. i° 53' S., 



175° 3o' E. 



Tevai, within the reef of Vanikoro ; 9 m. in circumference ; high. 



Tevairoa, islet of Bolabola, Society islands. 



Tevala, one of the Shepherd islands, New Hebrides ; small and almost inaccessible; 

 324 ft. high at the west end. 



Thakatindrove, islet in Uaikava harbor on the south coast of Vanua levu, Fiji. 



Thakavi, islet on the north coast of Vanua levu, Fiji. 



Thangalai, south from Moturiki on the southeast coast of Viti levu, Fiji. 17 47'46"s., 

 1 78° 46' 40" E. 



Thikombia (Cicobia), one of the Exploring islands, Fiji; 5 m. northeast from Munia; 

 3 m. SE-xw.; 1.7 m. wide; north end is in 15 47' 40" S., 180° 09' E. 14. 



Thithia (Cicia), a fertile, inhabited island 4X3 m., 300 ft. high. Northwest point is 

 m 17 44 30 s., 180 42 E. 14. 



Thombia, the highest of the Ringgold group, is the crater of an extinct volcano, in 

 the centre of which is a lake 24 fathoms deep ; whole island not quite 2 m. in cir- 

 cumference; 590 ft. high. 



Thompson, Fiji. 18° 30' 45" s., 177 36' 45" e.O 



Thornton, see Caroline. 



Three Hills, of the New Hebrides, is 6 m. NE-SW., and 2.5 m. wide. Mae is the cen- 

 tral district and is pure Polynesian, while the languages on the other side are 

 Melanesian. The three hills are, from the east, 1850, 1450 and 1400 ft. high. 

 17° 05' S., 1 68° 19' E. 12. 



Three Kings, group northwest from Cape Marie van Diemen, New Zealand. 



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