ROBERT 
GTANDEM 
TONGAHEVA ATOLL CONT. 
FGE 1 
island. It is at least a mile long. 
The entire atoll is covered with coconut palms 
and pandhnus. There are 3 islands better than mi 
les long and about 15 islets ranging in aze from 
2 miles to mere sand bars. 
Molohai Island on the north side of West Pass 
was the sight of a Leper coloney untill about 10 
t 
V 
years ago whin the last victim was cured. 
There does not appear tobe any sandy beaches on 
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the atoll. The heavy surf forms a steep coral 
gravel ridge at the edge of the reefi 
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