INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



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Wavi ai, see Vavi ai, Woodlark or Murua. 



Wea or Emery, of the Atana islands, northwest from Rotuma. 



"Webb, 2-3 islets covered with coconut trees, near Roux islands, New Guinea. 



Also called Ulawabai. 

 Wedge, islet of Stewart island, New Zealand. 

 Wedge = Yehi, on the southeast coast of New Guinea. 

 Wednesday, in Torres strait. io° 32' Si, 142° 18' E. 

 Weeks was seen by Captain Gelett, of the Morning Star, in 24° 04' N., 154 02' E., 



December 17, 1864. It had been previously reported. About 5 m. long, densely 



wooded with trees and shrubs ; a knoll in the centre rising 200 ft. above the sea. 



Uncertain on charts. 

 Weitoa or O'Neill, on the southeast coast of New Guinea; nearly 2 m. nw-SE., and 



580 ft. high. io° 41' S., 150° 56' E. 

 Welle, see Raputata of 



the D'Entrecasteaux 



group. 9. 

 Wellesley, group in the 



Gulf of Carpentaria, 



of which Mornington 



is the largest. The 



others are : Rocky, 



Pisonia, Beautiful, 



Forsyth, Bentinck, 



Allen, Sweers and 



Fowler. 

 Wellington, see Alapawa, 



New Zealand. 

 Wellington, see Mokil of 



Caroline islands. 5. 

 Wenman, of the Galapagos, the fragment of a volcano now 830 ft. high. 

 West, islet of Kandavu, Fiji; 25 ft. high. 



West, islet of Niuatobutabu, Tongan islands ; 70 ft. high, 0.7 m. in diameter. 

 West, in Torres strait. io° 33' 45" S., 150° 48' 25" E. 

 West, islet south side of Umboi, Bismarck archipelago; 150 ft. high. 

 West, islet off Cape Queen Charlotte, west side of New Hanover; inhabited. 2° 26' S., 



149° 55' E. 

 West Danger, of the Marshall islands. 



Western, a group of the Admiralty islands. 2° 12' S., 148° 00' 40" E. IO. 

 Whakari or White, in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. 



Whale (Xa Baleinej, see Isenay of the Pleiades group, Loyalty islands. 13. 

 White, see Whakari, New Zealand. 



Whitsunday, see Nganati of the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 

 Whitsunday, see Nukutavake. 



Whitsunday, on the Australian coast. 20° 15' s., 149 02' E. 

 Whitsuntide, see'Arag, New Hebrides. 



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FIG. 12. WASHINGTON ISLAND. 



