General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-153- -18- Suwarro: low, wooded islet in Port Stanley, e. side of Malekula. Taitaka: small, low islet; 400 x 200 yards; covered with mangroves and bushes. Is in center of Port Stanley, e. side of Malekula. Tana [= Tanna.] Tana Asori [= Tanna]. Tangarika [ = Tongariki], Tangice: islet with 2 notable clumps 140 ft. high; on s. side of Espiritu Santo. Tangoa [= Tongoa]. Tangoa: islet on s. side of Espiritu Santo, about 2 mi. w. of Carlo; 1400 x 600 yards diam.; 170 ft. high; upraised coral; inhab. Presbyterian mission sta- tion here. Speiser (1913) says one half of the id. "is cleared and covered with a green lawn." Tanna: size variously given as 40 x 35 mi., 30 x 10 mi., and Aeparl. Aipecrouma. Hydrographic Pilot says 20 x 8 mi.; mtns. rise Aipere. Asore. to 300 ft.; Mt. Yasua, in s. e. part of id. is Tana. Tana Asori. said to have been in continuous eruption since Cook's time, and is without vegetation accord- ing to some, but covered with vegetation almost to top, according to others; large tracts of nearly level country on w. side covered with grass; hills on n. coast are 1200 ft. high, bounded by perpendicular cliffs without tree growth, but with thick woods in low lands at their base; a lake at one end of id. and vol- cano at the other end; boiling springs and cold