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Mangea [= Mangaia]
Mangeea [= Mangaia]
Manuae (wooded islet on reef with Auotu; few inhab.
Manuai
Manuai [= Manuae]
Mattiaro [= Mitiéro]
Mauiki (6 mi. circ.; "70" or "40" ft. high; said to have extensive
(caverns; well wooded; fertile; fringing reef, with no opening,
(and no lagoon; inhab. (missionaries were here before 1825).
(Landing place on w. side.
Mauki
Mauti
Parry
Mauki [= Mauiki]
Mauti (of Byron) [= Mauiki]
Metiero [= Mitiéro]
Mitiaro = Mitiéro
Mitiéro (10 mi. circ.; 50 ft. high; "very barren", but clump of trees in
(centre of id.; inhab.; deep lagoon, but no opening in reef;
(landing place on w. side.
Mattiaro
Metiero
Mitiaro
Motikitiu (small wooded islet of Aitutaki; uninhab.
New (doubtful island assigned to 24° 20' S., 159° 30' W., or 24° 0' S.,
(159° 10' W.
Oruruti (possibly = Ruruti)
Otakootaia [= Takutea]
Palmerston (consists of 8 sandy islets on reef 4.5 x 2.5 mi., enclosing
(lagoon (with passage); southern four islets covered with
(shrubs and palms; the northern ones are without vegetation;
(inhab. since about 1862. 18° 04' S., 163° 10' W.
Avarau
Parry (of Byron) [= Mauiki]
Rarotonga (6 x 3.5 mi.; volcanic origin; mts. rise in pinnacles and peaks,
(covered with vegetation, and reach 2100 (or 2930) ft.; some of
(the peaks are razor-backed, but one (at least) is flat-topped;
(id. is fertile; inhab.; coffee is grown.
Arorangi ) islets or rocks close to Rarotonga.
Titikaveka)
Armstrong
Rarotongo
Roxburgh
Roxburgh [= Rarotonga]
Ruruti (problematical uninhab. id. reported in 20° 20' S., 160° W.,
(or 20° 19' S., 160° 2' W. supposed to be about 50-60 mi. n. by
(e. of Rarotonga, but may be the same as the latter.
Oruruti?
Takutea (3 mi. circ.; 6 ft. high; white coral sand beach; fringing reef;
(well wooded, with cocoanuts and other trees; said to have no
(fresh water; no anchorage, but landing is possible on n. or