General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-115- Nau: on s.e. coast N. Cal., near Nea, at Kuabuni opening. Nda: on the great reef s. of N. Cal. N'dakue: islet in Port Uitoé, s.w. side N. Cal. N'dukue. Ndé: islet on passage from Noumea to Uem Id., s. end N. Cal. Ndíe: islet on Great South Reef of N. Cal. N'digoro: wooded islet on outer reef in Isie Passage, on n.w. side N. Cal. Ndue: islet near and s. of Ndaru Reef, s.w. N. Cal. N'dukue: = N' dakue. Néa: islet in Kuabuni opening, on s.e. coast N. Cal. Néba: islet in Pumé Passage, n.w. coast N. Cal.; has cocoanuts; inhab. Nemu: islet 6 mi. n.w. of Kamak islet, and 2 1/2 mi. off shore; in Double/ Infernet Passage, on s.w. coast N. Cal. Nendahandé: high islet (with two mounds), s. of Balabio, on n.e. coast N. Cal. Nendialé: islet in Banaré Bay, on n.w. coast N. Cal. Neni: low islet, covered with cocoanuts, near Cape Three Pines, n.w. N.Cal. Nenon: 1 1/2 mi. long, in Port Bouquet, e. coast N. Cal. There is a Nénou. Nenu."Wooded Rock" west of Nenon, but near it. Nénou:= Nenon. Nenu: = Nenon. New Caledonia: 216 x 30 miles; east coast mountainous and "remarkably desolate", the sides usually covered with scrub and ferns; 2 parallel ranges of mountains, 2500-3600 feet high; Mt. Douit is 5570 ft. high. A steamer monthly leaves Noumea for the Loyalty Ids. and New Hebrides. In s.e. part, near Mt. Kundi and Mt. Den, the summits of the hills are crowned by a "vast bed of ferruginous