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- ↑ Nunn, Patrick D. (2009). Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the Pacific. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. pp. 152–155, 201–204. ISBN 978-0-8248-3219-3.
Coordinates: 9°59′S161°59′E / 9.983°S 161.983°E
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