General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-158- Waratap: on e side of south bay of Faté; inhab. Whitsun [= Arag]. Whitsuntide[ = Arag]. Wot [= Monument]. Wu lei: 1350 yards by 1/2 mi.; mostly low and swampy, with mangroves and coconuts; a ridge on s. side has several cone-shaped hills, the highest 290 ft. high, covered with fir trees; at s. w. end the ridge drops precipitously to the sea; on s. and s. e. sides there are several small islets on reef. Is s.-most id. of Maskelyne group. -23-