General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-57- 60. Vahitahi (atoll 3 x 1 mi.; no pass into lagoon (which has many Cook Lagoon. islets); large clumps of cocoanut and other trees Four Facardins. on w. part, but e. side is not wooded; few inhab. Lagoon (of Cook) 18° 42' S., 138° 50' W. Nukutawake. Vaiatekua (islet of Mangareva, on outer reef. 62. Vairaatea (2 islets on same reef; Pukararo (leeward), and Pukarunga Byam Martin. (windward); well wooded (pandanus and cocoanuts); Egmont. landing difficult and dangerous; a few inhab. Vairaotea. 22 mi. w. of Nukutavake (of Hydr. Pilot). Vairaatea [- Mururoa] Vairaatea [- Vairaatea.] 64. Vanavana (atoll 1.2 x 1.7 mi.; is a narrow sand strip (about 600 ft. Barrow. wide) surrounding closed lagoon; pandanus, cocoanuts and Kurateke. bushes grow thickly, with some hard wood; said to have Teku. (about 1861) a few hostile inhab., but they were probably from another id. 66. Vehanga (2 mi. diam.; lagoon without entrance; low; wooded; uninhab.; Bedford. in Actaeon group, 5 mi. n. w. of Tenarunga. Minto. Vahanga. Vesper (of Roggewein) (doubtful, but may be same as Cecile. Vincennes [- Kawehe] Vliegen [- Rangiroa] Wainwright [- Akamaru] Waterlandt [- Manihi] Whitsunday [- Pinaki] Whitsunday [- Nukutavake] Whytohee [- Napuka] Whytoohee [- Napuka] Wilson [- Manihi] Wittgenstein [- Fakarawa] Wolconsky [- Takurea] Wolkhonsky [- Takurea] Wolkonski [- Takurea] Wright's lagoon Id. [- Moerenhout?] Wytoohee [- Napuka] Yermaloff [- Taenga] Yermalov [- Taenga]