KERMADEC  , a small See also:

• GROUP

group of hilly islands in the Pacific, about 30° S., 178° W., named from D'See also:

• ENTRECASTEAUX

Entrecasteaux's See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain, Huon Kermadec, in 1791 . They are See also:

• BRITISH

British possessions . The largest of the group is Raoul er See also:

• SUNDAY

Sunday See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, 20 M. in circumference, 1600 ft. high, and thickly wooded . The See also:

• FLORA

flora and See also:

• FAUNA

fauna belong for the most See also:

• PART

part to those of New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand, on which See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony the islands are also politically dependent, having been annexed in 1887 .