General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-55- Taueree [= Tauere] Taueri [ = Tauere] Tauna (islet of Mangareva, on outer reef. Taweree [= Tauere] Tchitchagoff [ = Tahanea] Tchitchagov [ = Tahanea] Tchitschagof [ = Tahanea] Tchitschagoff [ = Tahanea] Tekareka [= Tekokoto] Tekava (islet of Mangareva, on outer reef. Tekokota [= Tekokoto] 32. Tekokoto (circ. reef, 1 mi. diam.; consists of long id. on e. side, Clerke? 4 ids. on w. side, & 1 on n. side; a few ft. high; shallow Doubtful. closed lagoon, with islet in middle covered with high Tekareka. Petau trees; some bushes in places; "great numbers of Tekokota. birds resort to this island." Agassiz refers to "a regu- Tekotota. lar rookery of boobies", but mentions no other species. Uninhab. Tekotota [= Tekokoto] Teku [ = Amamurunga] Teku [ = Vanavana] 54. Tematangi (atoll 7 mi. diam.; no pass into lagoon; e. side wooded Bligh. without a break for about 6 mi.; w. side wooded Lagoon. (pandanus, etc.), but in clumps; said to be now unin- hab., though former natives were hostile and said to have been cannibals. In good weather landing can be made on w. side, also on n. side of reef. 21° 38' S., 140° 40' W. 67. Tenararo (2 mi. diam.; low; closed lagoon; wooded; uninhab. (for- Bedford. merly a few inhab.); is smallest of Actaeon group. 68. Tenarunga (near (7 mi. n. w. of) Maturei vavao, and much smaller Melbourne. than that id.; no pass into lagoon; very low; wooded; no permanent inhab.; in Actaeon group. Teoukea [= Tiokea.] 26. Tepoto (small atoll 2 mi. diam.; lagoon with pass on n. side; Eliza (of Mauruc) Ofiti Raeffsky Tepoto [= Tetopoto] Tepu mui (islet of Mangareva, close to Taravai. 15. Tetopoto (9 sq. mi.? (Hydr. Pilot & Findlay say 1 sq. mi. in extent); Disappointment. no lagoon; abundantly covered with large trees (no Otohoo. cocoanuts in Peale's time); not permanently? inhab., Otoho. though "natives" have been found on it. With Napuka, Tepoto. it forms the Disappointment group. Peale party landed Totopoto. here, but did no collecting. Three Cocoa-nut Trees Id. [= Pukararo]