General notes on South Pacific island groups
Page 315
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by American Museum of Natural History. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
-152- Sail Rock: a pillar-shaped inaccessible rock, with a few trees on its summit. Near Cape Cone, on s. e. point of Api, St. Bartholomew [= Malo.] St. Esprit [= Espiritu Santo]. Sakau: 2 mi. by 1350 yards; 340 ft. high; once thickly inhab., but few remain; islet said to be unhealthful now. Is largest and northermost of Maskelyne group, s. e. of Malekula. Sakau: islet off n. e. point of Espiritu Santo; 500 ft. high; covered with coconuts. Sakau: off Cape Quiros, on w. side of Espiritu Santo; has abrupt cliff on n. side; covered with coconuts. Sandwich [= Faté]. Santo [= Espiritu Santo]. Sawers: islet on s. coast Espiritu Santo. Selovi [= Setovi]. Setovi: a flat id. 2 mi. e. of Aoré. Selovi. Shepherd group: near Ápi; all of volcanic formation; supposed to be of recent origin (about 350 years old), and to have formerly formed part of Api. Islets are: Buninga, Ewose, Laike, Mai, Tevala, Tongariki, Tongoa (the lar- gest id.), Valea. Su chun Lagre: about 1200 yards long; 115 ft. high; on coast of Malo. Sulega [= Ratuá] Suwan: small mangrove islet near Suwarro.