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LORD HOWE

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 5 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LORD See also:HOWE , an See also:island of the See also:southern Pacific Ocean, lying about 310 36' S., 1590 5' E., 520 M. E.N.E. of See also:Sydney. Pop. 120. It was discovered in 1778 by See also:Lieutenant See also:Ball (whose name is commemorated in the adjacent islet of Ball's See also:Pyramid), and is a dependency of New See also:South See also:Wales. It See also:measures about 51 M. by 1 m., and is well wooded and hilly (reaching a height of 2840 ft. at the southern end), being of volcanic formation, while there are See also:coral reefs on the western See also:shore. It has a pleasant See also:climate. The name Lord Howe is given also to an islet of the See also:Santa Cruz See also:group, and to two islands, also known under other names—Mopiha, of the Society group, and Ongtong See also:Java of the See also:Solomon Islands.

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