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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]