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WEST ISLAND

Volume 21 · 96 words · 1842 Edition

one of the smaller Philippine islands, near the south coast of Mindoro. Long. 121.12. E. Lat. 12.15. N.

a small island at the east entrance of the Straits of Sunda. Long. 196. 20. E. Lat. 5. 27. S.

a small island in the Eastern Seas, near the south coast of Cumbaya. Long. 119.2. E. Lat. 8. 49. S. Another island on the north coast of New Holland, near the head of the Gulf of Carpentaria, about ten miles long and five broad. It is one of the three called by Captain Flinders Sir Edward Pellew's group.