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Low Archipelago   /loʊ ˌɑrkəpˈɛləgˌoʊ/   Listen
Low Archipelago

noun
1.
A group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia.  Synonyms: Paumotu Archipelago, Tuamotu Archipelago.





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... Les Isles Dangereux, the Low Archipelago, first stopping-point on our journey to the far cannibal islands yet another thousand miles away across the empty seas. Before we saw the green banners of Tahiti's cocoanut palms again we would travel ...
— White Shadows in the South Seas • Frederick O'Brien
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... or HEYOU ATOLL (or lagoon-island), in the Low Archipelago, from the survey by Captain Beechey, R.N.; the lagoon is choked up with reefs, but the average greatest depth of about twenty fathoms, is given from the published account of ...
— Coral Reefs • Charles Darwin
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... sincerely accepted Christianity, became anxious to spread the good tidings among their heathen neighbours. A considerable number prepared themselves for the office of teachers. Some went forth to the Paumotu Group, or Low Archipelago, to the east; others to the Austral Isles, to the south; and others, among whom was Papehia, accompanied Mr Williams on a voyage to the Hervey group. His first visit was to Aitutaki, where some native teachers were left, by whose means the ...
— The Cruise of the Mary Rose - Here and There in the Pacific • William H. G. Kingston
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Words linked to "Low Archipelago" :   Paumotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, Tuamotu Archipelago, archipelago, French Oceania


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