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52. Amamurunga (1.5 mi. diam.; 4 islets on reef; closed lagoon;
Amamaruga. five clumps of trees on the ids.; uninhab.
Coronados. "landing is impossible." In Duke of Gloucester
Cuatro Coronados. group. Agassiz's plate 78 does not resemble
Four Crowns. the above description, as he shows long strips
Teku. of woods.
9. Apataki (coral atoll, 18 x 15 mi.; low; several entrances to lagoon;
Hagemeister. wooded (and bush vegetation), dense in places,
except at s. end; are now numerous islets on
its reef; inhab.
Arackcheeff [= Angatau]
Arackheff [= Angatau]
Araktcheef [= Angatau]
Araktchev [= Angatau]
Aratica [ = Aratika]
17. Aratika (8 x 5 mi.; low; triangular in shape; lagoon, with
Aratica. entrance at e. and w. sides; low reef on e., s.,
Carls-Hof. and w. sides, making night visit dangerous; wooded
Carlshoff. (more so than on Kawehe), especially at n. end; no
Carlshov. perm. inhab.
Karlshoff.
Peale party landed at 2 p. m., and remained
till sunset. They found some Tahitians present,
collecting pearl shells. Peale's peristera pectoralis
came from here; only 2 skins known, and identity still
uncertain. Fish in lagoon said to be poisonous.
Archangel [= Amuanuraro]
5. Arutua (atoll 18 mi. diam., and nearly circular; low; lagoon with
Rurick. entrance on e. side; cocoanut groves and brush on n.
and part of e. sides, but s. and w. sides are bare, with
much of reef submerged; numerous islets, chiefly on n.
and e. sides; (natives had dogs in Peale's time);
biting flies are troublesome. Pavete is an islet on
s. side.
Peale party landed for 2 hours (after 2 p. m.),
but Peale says nothing of birds in his journal (ms.
journal in Library of Congress).
Aukena (islet of Mangareva.
Elson
Aura [= Kaukura]
Aurora [ = Makatea]
Avatoru {wooded islet of Rangiroa (in lagoon? or near Avatoru Pass to it).
Barclay de Tolly [= Raroia]
Barrow [ = Vanavana]
Bedford [ = Tenararo]
Bedford [= Vehanga]
Belcher [ = Taravai]
Betero reef[= Minerva reef]
Bird [ = Hikueru]
Bird [= Reitoru]
Birnie, a low id., about 1 sailing day w. of Anaa; hard to place now!
(Discovered in 1822)