General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-50- cocoamut, pandamus and bread-fruit trees; the s. side almost without vegetation; inhab. few, nomi- nally Catholic, but little more than savages, and naked. Hurricane of Jan., 1903, caused damage here. Napuka and Tetopoto make up the Disappointment Ids., and are 100 mi. distant from any others of the Tuamotu group. Narcissus[= Tatakoto] Negeri [= Nihiiru] 46. Nengonengo (6 mi. long and nearly circular; lagoon, with good pas- L'Ostange. sage on e. side; high clumps of trees on e. side, with Prince Wil- cocoamut grove on s. side; uninhab. liam Henry. Nganaiti [= Fangataufa] Nganati[= Fangataufa] 7. Niau (atoll 4 mi. diam.; 26 ft. high; closed lagoon, but has entrance Greig. at s. e. corner; well wooded, with undergrowth; many coco- Faau. muts; inhab. Greig. It is said the sea washed "completely across" it in hurricanes of 1877 and 1878, possibly destroying any ground inhabiting species (if earlier storms had not already done so). Good fish in lagoon. Nigeri Niheri Nihiiru (7 mi. diam., and nearly circular; no pass into lagoon; well Negeri. wooded at n. point, fairly so at n. e. and s. e. sides, but Nigeri. only scrubby bushes betw. s. and s. e. points; inhab. at Niheri. times. 53. Nukutapipi (2 mi. circ.; closed lagoon; "high" & well wooded (mostly Margaret. pandanus) on n. side; some cocoanuts; flat, submerged Nukutipipi. reef on e. and s. e. sides; uninhab. Easternmost of Duke of Gloucester group. 20° 42' S., 143° 5' W. "Nukutapipi" of Brigham's map 22 = Nukutavake of Hydr. Pilot and Chart. It is not the Nukutapipi of the Duke of Gloucester group. 63. Nukutavake (of Hydr. Pilot) (about 5 x 1.5 mi.; coral; no lagoon; Lagoon. some sand dunes up to 35 ft. high; wooded (except "Nukutapipi" of at e. end) with Pandamus & other trees, with much Brigham's map 22. dead timber; few inhab. Queen Charlotte. 19° 17' S., 138° 49' W., or 8 mi. n. w. of Pinaki Whitsunday. (of Hydr. Pilot). Brigham gives 18° 43' 19" S., 138° 47' 13" W., but this is the location of Vahitahi! Nukutawake[= Vahitahi] Nukutipipi[= Nukutapipi] Oahe [= Ahii] Oahe [= Manihi] Ocheou [= Hau]