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See also:MANIHIKI (MANAHIKI, MONAHIKI)
, a scattered See also:archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, between 40 and 11° S., and 15o° and 162° W., seldom visited, and producing only a little See also:copra and See also:guano
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It may be taken to include the See also:Caroline or See also:Thornton Islands, Vostok and See also:Flint to the See also:east; See also:Suvarov, See also:Manihiki or See also:Humphrey, and Tongareva or See also:Penrhyn to the See also:west, and Starbuck and See also:Malden to the See also:north, the whole thus roughly forming the three corners of a triangle
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There are See also:pearl and pearl-See also:shell See also:fisheries at Tongareva and Suvarov
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The natives (about r000) are Polynesians and nominally See also:Christian
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There are See also:ancient See also: |
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