General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-157- -22- Vao: islet 2 1/2 mi. circ.; 130 ft. high; densely wooded; inhab.; Marist mission station here. Speiser (1913) says thickly inhab. and wooded, has "reed" grass on it over 6 ft. high, large fig trees and lianes. Pigs and dogs are kept. Off Port Stanley, on n. coast Malekula. Vasquez: an id. discovered by Maurelle (1781), supposed to be in 24° 44' S., 177° 41' E.; not now iden- tified. Placed here for convenience. Vaté [= Faté]. Vele: 2 mi. diam.; shore steep; 800 ft. high, with volc. Hinchinbroke. cone 1493 ft. high, crater filled with vegeta- Hinchinbrook. tion; lagoon on w. side; inhab. peaceful. Hitchinbrook. Mau. Venui: islet on s. side Espiritu Santo; has tree 135 ft. high on w. side. Verao [= Moso]. Vila [= Fila]. Vi to: small wooded islet, 50 ft. high; about 250 yards in extent; uninhab. Is on s. coast of Malekula. Volcano [= Api]. Wala [= Walo]. Walo: 1 1/2 mi. circ.; 150 ft. high; inhab. North of Port Wala. Stanley, on n. coast of Malekula.