General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-3- -138- Ambryn [= Ambrym ]. Anatam [= Aneitum]. Anatom [= Aneiteum]. Anatum [= Aneiteum]. Aneiteum: 10 x 6 mi.; 2788 ft. high; covered with "pines" Anatam. Anatom. and various other useful trees; inhab. Speiser Anatum. (1913) says natives are all Christianized. One Anattom. Aneityum. Annatam. or two small sandy ? islets on w.? side; Inyeug, Annotam. islet of Aneiteum, may be one of these. Aneityum [= Aneitum ]. Aniwa: 2 mi. long; low, 120-150 ft. high in places; coral; Immer. Nina. Nieua. Niua. well wooded with coconuts; inhab. (all Christianized, according to Speiser). Nar- row entrance through reef. About 13 mi. from Tanna. Annatam [= Aneiteum]. Anatom [= Aneiteum ]. Annotam [= Aneiteum] Aoba: 17 x 17 mi.; has mtn.; 4000 ft. high, with lake on Ile des Lépreaux Leper. Oba. Omba. Opa. summit; ample vegetation, including coconuts growing well up the mtn.; some high cliffs near w. point; inhab. (friendly); mission station. Aoré: islet about 5 mi. diam., off s. e. coast of Espiritu Santo; s. coast is low and thickly wooded; coral plateau about 300-400 ft. high; thinly inhab., said to be (formerly ?) cannibals. Setovi is an islet.