General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-48- Tuvana i ra: sand cay, about 1/2 mi. diam., with a circular reef; Michaeloff. 90 ft. high; densely wooded; uninhabited; s. Michaelov. Mikhaeloff. of Ono i lau Group. Both Tuvana ids. are about 21°03'S., 178°50'10''W. Tuvana i tholo: about 1/2 mi. diam.; 95 ft. high; sand cay, densely Simonoff. wooded; with a circular reef; uninhabited; s. Simonov. of Ono i lau Group, and about 5 mi. s.w. by w. of Tuvana i ra. Both are said to be sur- rounded by "inaccessible reefs", but a "canoe might land at times on the North side of the islands." (Findlay.) Tuvuca: Tuvutha. Tuvutha: 800 ft. high at n.w. end; with precipitous hills near Cap. coast; 4 or 5 lakes in centre of id.; densely Tabuca. wooded; inhabited; 51/2 mi. s. of Vekai, in Tabutha. Lau Group. Tuvuca. Ularua: Olorua. Underwood Group: s. of Mamamutha group, and w. of Viti Levu; 7 islets: Bateman, Henry, Linthicum, Ogle, Reynolds, Smith, and Vanderford. Undui: islet of Ono i lau Group. Vakaia: Wakaya. "Valua valavo": apparently Vanua mbalavu. Vamo: Vomo.