Lancaster reef.
Latte.
Lauglan islands.
LEDGES round certain lagoons.
Lette.
Lighthouse reef.
LLOYD, Mr., on corals refixing themselves.
LOO CHOO, recently elevated.
Loo Choo.
Louisiade.
LOW ARCHIPELAGO, alleged proofs of its recent elevation.
Low archipelago.
LOWNESS of coral-islands.
Loyalty group.
Lucepara.
LUTKE, Admiral, on fissures across coral-islands.
LUZON, recently elevated.
Luzon.
LYELL, Mr., on channels into the lagoons of atolls. On the lowness of their leeward sides. On the antiquity of certain corals. On the apparent continuity of distinct coral-islands. On the recently elevated beds of the Red Sea. On the outline of the areas of subsidence.
Macassar strait.
Macclesfield bank.
MADAGASCAR, quick growth of corals at. Madreporitic rock of.
Madagascar.
Madjiko-sima.
Madura (Java).
Madura (India).
MAHLOS MAHDOO, theory of formation.
MALACCA, recently elevated.
Malacca.
MALCOLMSON, Dr., on recent elevation of W. coast of India. On recent elevation of Camaran island.
Malden.
MALDIVA atolls, and theory of their formation. Steepness of their flanks. Growth of coral at.
Maldiva archipelago.
MANGAIA island. Recently elevated.
Mangaia.
Mangs.
MARIANAS, recently elevated.
Mariana archipelago.
Mariere.
Marquesas archipelago.
Marshall archipelago.
Marshall island.
Martinique.
Martires.
MARY'S ST., in Madagascar, harbour made in reefs.
Mary island.
Matia, or Aurora.
MATILDA atoll.
MAURITIUS, fringing-reefs of. Depths at which corals live there. Recently elevated.
Mauritius.
MAURUA, section of.
Maurua.
MENCHIKOFF atoll.
Mendana archipelago.
Mendana isles.
Mexico, gulf of.
MILLEPORA COMPLANATA at Keeling atoll.
Mindoro.
Mohilla. (Mohila.)
MOLUCCA islands, recently elevated.
Mopeha.
MORESBY, Captain, on boring through coral-reefs.
Morty.
Mosquito coast.
MUSQUILLO atoll.
Mysol.
NAMOURREK group.
Natunas.
NAVIGATOR archipelago, elevation of.
Navigator archipelago.
Nederlandisch.
NELSON, Lieutenant, on the consolidation of coral-rocks under water. Theory of coral-formations. On the Bermuda islands.
New Britain.
NEW CALEDONIA, steepness of its reefs. Barrier-reef of.
New Caledonia.
New Guinea (E. end).
New Guinea (W. end).
New Hanover.
NEW HEBRIDES, recently elevated.
New Hebrides.
NEW IRELAND, recently elevated.
New Ireland.
New Nantucket.
Nicobar islands.
Niouha.
NULLIPORAE at Keeling atoll. On the reefs of atolls. On barrier-reefs. Their wide distribution and abundance.
OBJECTIONS to the theory of subsidence.
Ocean islands.
Ono.
Onouafu. (Onouafou.)
Ormuz.
Oscar group.
OSCILLATIONS of level.
Ouallan, or Ualan. (Oualan.)
OULUTHY atoll.
Outong Java.
Palawan, S.W. coast. N.W. coast. Western bank.
Palmerston.
Palmyra.
Paracells.
Paraquas.
Patchow.
Pelew islands.
PEMBA island, singular form of.
Pemba.
Penrhyn.
Peregrino.
PERNAMBUCO, bar of sandstone at.
PERSIAN gulf, recently elevated.
Persian gulf.
PESCADO.
Pescadores.
Peyster group.
Philip.
PHILIPPINE archipelago, recently elevated.
Philippine archipelago.
Phoenix.
Piguiram.
Pitcairn.
PITT'S bank.
Pitt island.
Platte.
Pleasant.
PORITES, chief coral on margin of Keeling atoll.
Postillions.
POUYNIPETE. Its probable subsidence.
Pouynipete.
Pratas shoal.
Proby.
Providence.
Puerto Rico.
Pulo Anna.
PUMICE floated to coral-islands.
Pylstaart.
PYRARD DE LAVAL, astonishment at the atolls in the Indian Ocean.
QUOY AND GAIMARD, depths at which corals live. Description of reefs applicable only to fringing-reefs.
RANGE of atolls.
Rapa.
Rearson.
RED SEA, banks of rock coated by reefs. Proofs of its recent elevation. Supposed subsidence of.
Red Sea.
REEFS, irregular in shallow seas. Rising to the surface in some lagoons and all submerged in others. Their distribution. Their absence from some coasts.