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Eua Island, Tonga Group

Nature volume 42, pages 85–86 (1890)Cite this article

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THE following description of Eua Island (one of the higher members of the Friendly or Tonga Islands, and familiar to readers of “Cook's Voyages” as Middleburgh), written by Commander Oldham, of H.M. surveying-ship Egeria, will be of interest to geologists and those interested in the coral controversy.

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  1. W. J. L. WHARTON
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  2. C. F. OLDHAM
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WHARTON, W., OLDHAM, C. & JUDD, J. Eua Island, Tonga Group. Nature 42, 85–86 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/042085a0

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