General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-178- Meralaba [= Merlav]. Meralav [= Merlav]. Merelava [= Merlav]. Merig: small islet, 200 ft. high; about 30 inhab. No an- Merigi. St. Claire. anchorage; landing (on n. e. side) is bad. Merigi [= Merig]. Merlav: small id., 2 1/4 mi. diam., with inactive volcano Meralaba. Meralav. Merelava. Merlay. Pic de l'Etoile. Star. Star Peak. (conical peak 2900 ft. high); inhab., land cultivated for some distance up moun- tain side; mission station here. Merlay [= Merlay]. Metoma: 1 1/4 x 3 /4 mi.; oval in shape; 412 ft. high. Ovale. smallest of Torres group. Middle [= Tegua]. Mota: "8-10" mi. circ., or 2 mi. diam., has 2 wooded peaks Nostra Senora de la Luz. Pan de Azucar. San Marcos? Sugar Loaf. about 1350 ft. high, in center of id.; coast cliffy, and landing difficult; vegetation luxuriant, but water scarce; inhab.; head- quarters of Melanesian mission in Banks group located here. Mota Lava: name given to s. part of Valua. Niwula: islet near Kakea, low; flat-topped; wooded. On e. side Vanua Lava. Norbarbar [= native name for Ureparapara]. North [= Hiw]. Nostra Senora de la Luz [= Mota].