two islands in the South Pacific Ocean, discovered in the year 1616 by Le Maire and Schouten. They were afterwards seen by the navigator Maurelle in 1781. The natives are treacherous, and had well nigh succeeded in cutting off a trading vessel by which they were visited in 1801. They are encircled by a reef of rocks.

Long. 71° 30'. E. Lat. 15° S.