General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-9- Motea (islet at entrance to Hamene Bay, Tahaa. Motu Araara (islet off s. end of Huaheine. Motu Ahi (wooded islet of Moorea. Motu au (small wooded islet of Tahiti. Motu nono (wooded islet of Tahiti. Motu Pahare (see Pahare). Motu Puuru (wooded islet of Tahiti. Motuiti [= Tubai] Motu Oavarei (wooded islet off n. e. side of Huaheine. Motu Tehiri (islet of Tahiti. Motu uta (islet of Tahiti; has a battery on it, and is (planted with cocumts. Ile de la Reine } synonyms of Motu uta. Low Id. Murea [= Moorea] Nansouti (wooded islet on barrier reef of Tahiti. Nansouty Nansouty [- Nansouti] Naonao (islet on s. reef of Raiatea. La Nouvelle Cythere (of Bougainville) [- Tahiti] Oatara (islet on extreme e. of reef of Raiatea. Oputotara (islet of Tahiti, on s. end of barrier reef. "Oriadea" [= Raiatea] Osnaburg [= Maitea] Osnaburgh [= Maitea] Otaha [- Tahaa] Otahaitee [- Tahiti] Otahau [- Tahaa] Otahaw [- Tahaa] Otaheite [- Tahiti] Otaheitee [- Tahiti] Oumaitai (of Bougainville) [= Tetuaroa] Pahare (islet on e. reef of Huaheine. (or Motu Pahare) Papeorea (islet on s. w. end of Huaheine; 60 ft. high; (wooded; inhab? (possibly same as Vaiorea.) Peihi (islet on w. reef of Huaheine. Peregrino (of Quiros)[May = Femua ura] Pis de la Boudeuse [= ?Maitea] Pitu u Uta) small islets at s. end of Bola Bola. Pitu u Tai) 7. Raiatea {30 mi. circ.; encircled by a reef; 3389 ft. high; (of volcanic origin; inhab.; lofty and well-vegetated (mtns. in the interior, with occasional naked cliffs (and crags of black rock; highest peak has level plain (on summit, covered with swamps, short grass and moss. (On same reef with Tahaa.