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Platte [= Manono].
Pola [= Savaii].
Poreemo [= Apolima].
Quiros [= Gente Hermosa].
Rosa [= Rose].
Rose
Kordiukoff.
Middleton.
Rosa.
{
coral islet 3 mi. diam.; lagoon; 2 islets on e. side, one
of them covered with trees (more or less); 33 ft. high;
the other is a sand bank; birds are the only inhabitants.
About 75 mi. e. of Manna group.
}
Sand {islet close of Rose. (Perhaps the sand bank mentioned under Rose.)
Satalo {
low, wooded islet on s. coast of Upolu; with sandy beaches
Nunsafe. {at s. and s. w. sides.
}
Savage [= Ni'ue].
Savaii
Chatham.
Oteewhy.
Pola.
Savay.
Savoi.
Sevai.
Shaviè.
{
largest of group, 40 x 20 mi.; shores low, but peak in
centre is 5400 ft. high, and "constantly" in the clouds;
inhab. Whitmee (1874) said an extinct crater is "full of
large trees" in which Pteropus roost. The mountain sides
are wooded. The id. was German, but now British (under
New Zealand). Apolima is an islet.
}
Savay [= Savaii].
Savoi [= Savaii].
Sevai [= Savaii].
Shaviè [= Savaii].
Shika (old name of one of the islands).