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LORD HOWE

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 5 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LORD
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HOWE  , an
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island of the
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southern Pacific Ocean, lying about 310 36' S., 1590 5' E., 520 M . E.N.E. of
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Sydney . Pop . 120 . It was discovered in 1778 by
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Lieutenant
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Ball (whose name is commemorated in the adjacent islet of Ball's
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Pyramid), and is a dependency of New
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South
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Wales . It
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measures about 51 M. by 1 m., and is well wooded and hilly (reaching a height of 2840 ft. at the southern end), being of volcanic formation, while there are
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coral reefs on the western
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shore . It has a pleasant
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climate . The name
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Lord
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Howe is given also to an islet of the
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Santa Cruz
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group, and to two islands, also known under other names—Mopiha, of the Society group, and Ongtong
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Java of the
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Solomon Islands .

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