General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-42- Sinclair: small id. near (s.s.w. of) Naviti, in Yasawa Group. Single Tree islet: on n. coast of Vanua Levu. Sir Charles Middleton: Vanua mbalavu. Skerries: Karoni. Smith: low, sandy, wooded islet of Underwood Group. Solia: small islet of Kia. "Somo Somo": chief town of Taveuni, and formerly used as the name of the island. Songo: low coral islet at s.e. entrance to Na Tandola Harbor, on w. coast of Viti Levu. Soni: high id. of Hudson Group, according to Brigham. Soni Soni: of volc. formation; 460 ft. high; covered with grass; inhabited; off s. coast of Vanua Levu. Sovu: 3 wooded, uninhabited rocks off n.e. coast of Vanua mbalavu; Osombu. the most westerly has a peak 230 ft. high; Osubu. Three smallest has a grove of fan palms on it. This Brothers. cluster is "called Sovu, Osubu, or the Three Brothers." Speiden: Tavarua. Storm: sand cay 280x80 yds.; covered with trees and bushes; 50 ft. high (with vegetation); n. of Mbenga, on Namiku reefs. Stuart: 1 1/2 mi. circ.; 100 ft. high; uninhabited, (though partly under cultivation) near (1 1/4 mi. s.w. of) Mbenga.