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1 62 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



Utan, islet in Meoko harbor, Duke of York island, Bismarck archipelago. 



Uteroa, the northern islet of Tapiteuea, Gilbert islands. North end is in i° 08' 20" s., 

 174° 45' E.; south end i° 29' 14" S., 175 n' 02" E. 7. 



Utet, islet in Faitruk group, Ruk lagoon, Caroline islands. 



Utiatl or Brooker, in the Louisiade archipelago. n° 03' S., 152° 27' E. 9. 



Utirik, Button or Kutusow, Marshall islands, is 20X5 m. n° 20' n., 169 50' E.© 



Utupua, an old form of Tapoua or Edgecumbe of the Santa Cruz group. 



Uvea or Wallis was discovered by Maurelle in 1781, and again by Wallis in 1797. 

 There are nine separate islands from 1— 10 m. in circuit, and many islets or rocks 

 enclosed within one reef, though there is a ship passage to the lagoon on the south. 

 Uvea is 7 m. n-s., volcanic, 197 ft. high. Reef 14 m. N-S., 9 m. E-w. Came under 

 French influence in 1842 ; at first attached to the jurisdiction of Tahiti; November 

 27, 1887, it was, with Futuna, made part of New Caledonia. Population in 1880, 

 5000 and increasing. On the south are Faiia, Nukuatea, Nukuafo, N Nukufetao, 

 Faioa, Akimoa or Sail-rock; on the east, Nukulufala, Lonaniva, Fougalei; on the 

 north, Takuaviki,'Nnkuteatea, Nukuloa, and Nukufutu. The southwest point of 

 Uvea is in 13° 23' 35" S., 176" n' 47" w. 18. 



Uvea, a form of Uea, Loyalty group. 



Uyelang, islet of Udjelong, Marshall islands. Northeast end in g° 43'. n., i6i° 19' E. 



Vaga, of the Kiriwina group. 8° 44' S., 150° 55' 30" E. 



Vahanga or Bedford, in the Actaeon group; 5 m. west from Tenarunga, Paumotu 

 archipelago. 22. 

 • Vahine, a form of Huaheine, Society islands. 



Vahitahi or Cook's lagoon was discovered by Bougainville in 1768, and seen by Cook 

 the next year; 3x1m. Paumotu archipelago. 18 42' S., 138° 50' w. 22. 



Vaiorea, islet on the west side of Huaheine, Society islands. 



Vairaatea, Yairaotea or Egmont, of the Paumotu archipelago, was discovered by Wallis 

 in 1767; consists of two islets, Pukararo (leeward), Tres Cocotiers of Mauruc, and 

 Pukarunga (windward) or Egmont. 19° 20' S., 139° 18' w. 22. 



Vairaatea, see Alururoa, Paumotu archipelago. Often confounded with the preceding. 



VaitupU or Tracy, of the Ellice group, is of oval shape with fringing reef; 4 m. in 

 diameter. Formerly spelled Oaitupu. 7° 30' S., 178° 41' E. 16. 



Vakuta, inhabited islet of the Kiriwina group. 8° 47' S., 151° 04' E. 



Valea, one of the Shepherd islands, New Hebrides; uninhabited, narrow, almost in- 

 accessible; 367 ft. high. Above the steep sides are coconut groves. 12. 



Yalise, see Guilbert, New Guinea. 



Valua, of the New Hebrides, extends 6 m. ne-SW.; 1400 ft. high. Fertile, with a pop- 

 ulation of about 1000. A station of the Melanesian mission. i3°4o's., i67°38'e. 



Vambi, one of the French islands, Bismarck archipelago. 4 40 S., 149° n' E. 



Vanama, south from Tagula, Louisiade archipelago. n° 38' S., 153° 31' E. 



Vanavana, Kurateke, Barrow or'Teku, of the Paumotu archipelago, was discovered 



by Beechey January 31, 1826. It is a narrow strip of sand surrounding a lagoon; 



1.2X17 m. 20" 45' s., 139° 03' w.O 22. 



Vanderford, of the Underwood group, Fiji. 17 38' s., 177 21' 30" E.© 



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