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Further Notes on a recent Volcanic Island in the Pacific

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THE volcanic island—Falcon Island—in the Tonga group in the Pacific, of the recent appearance of which an account is given in NATURE, Vol. xli., p. 276, has recently been passed by a French vessel of war, the Duchaffault, which reports that the island is not now more than 25 feet high.

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WHARTON, W. Further Notes on a recent Volcanic Island in the Pacific. Nature 46, 611 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/046611a0

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