General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-150- -15- Moso: 6 x 1 1/2 mi.; 423 ft. high, but mostly low; hills Deception Verao. grass-covered, with a few clumps of trees, with a belt of trees and coconuts on harbor side; inhab. Is on n. w. side of Havannah Harbor, Faté. Muna: high islet, volcanic in origin; 5 x 1 3/4 mi.; steep Montagu. Montague. sides; peak near middle is 2013 ft. high; s. w. Nguna. Niguna. part of id. is thickly wooded; inhab. Is on Nuna. n. e. coast of Faté. Namuka: small islet 2 mi. off center of s. side of Api; 621 Numuku. ft. high, covered with trees; uninhab., but visited by Api natives for coconuts. Nguna [= Muna]. Nieua[= Aniwa]. Niguna[= Muna]. Nina[= Aniwa]. Niua[= Aniwa]. Norsup: small islet about 1/2 mi. long; about 60 ft. high; wooded; uninhab. Near Port Stanley, e. coast of Malekula. Numuku [= Namuka]. Nuna[= Muna]. Oba (is said to be the"correct"name for Aoba). Omba[= Aoba]. Opa[= Aoba]. Orumbau: islet off n. e. coast of Malekula; covered with co- conuts; white sandy beach on n. e. side; bluffy at s. e. end; inhab.