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Channels, inter-island, 190, 191 Charlotte Amalia, 10. See also St. Thomas China Sea, 179 Choiseul, St. Lucia, 104, 106 Christiansted, St. Croix, 143, 144 (ill.) Cisterns, 9 Clark, A. H., 127, 128 Cleve, P. T., 54, 109, 168 Cliffed islands in the coral seas, 31 Cliffs, 14, 15 (diagr.); Antigua, 157; Barbados, absence, 174; Martinique (ill.), opp. 78; partly submerged cliff (with diagr.), 128; plunging, 19, 32, 82, 184; St. Lucia, 80, 82, 90; St. Thomas, 121; St. Vincent, 108; Virgin Islands, 118 Climate, 2 Climatic classification of volcanic islands, 16, 17 Coaling, 11 Cockroach Island (ills.), 120 Columbus, Christopher, 3 Composite islands, 45, 138 Cone Peak, Nevis, 57, 59 (ill-) Continental shelf of Brazil, 61, 198 Cook Islands, 183 Cool seas, islands in, 17, 18 Cope, E. D., 189 Coral reefs, 13, 17; Atlantic, 197, 198; Glacial-control theory. 13; novice and veteran, contrast, 194, 196; Vaughan's views, 180; Virgin Islands bank,125 Coral seas, 17, 118; Atlantic, 196; cliffed islands in, 31; marginal belts of, 20, 197 Cotton, C. A., 84 Creoles, 4 Cuba, 177; reefs, 196 Cul de Sac, St. Lucia, 83 (ill.), 101 (ill.), 104, 105 Culebra, 4, 110, 125; shore line, 113,115 (ill.); subdued forms, 113
Duchassaing, Pierre, 170 Duncan, P. M., 168
Daly, R. A., on bank depths, 58-59. 63; on the Glacial-control theory of coral reefs, 26, 122, 195; on ocean lowering, 13, 138, 179; on St. Helena, 18, 89 Darwin, C. R., 13, 23, 28, 147 Degradation in the presence of forests, 100 Delta plains of St. Lucia, 80, 81, 87, 99,104; Cul de Sac, 83 (ill.), 101 (ill.), 104; Roseau, 104, 105 (ill.), 106 Denmark, 3 Dennery, St. Lucia, 87 (ill.), 103, 106 DĂŠsirade, 170, 171 Diamond Island (with ill.), 131 Discontinuous reefs, 14 Dominica, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 192; bank, 72; dissected, composite character, 63; east coast, 71 (map), 72; southwest coast, 66, 68-69 (ill.); west coast, 69
Gambier (Mangareva), 28 Gebhardt, Mr., 139 Giraud, J. L., 74 Glacial control theory of coral reefs, 13, passim Government problems, 7 Goyère, Grenada, 136 Grande Terre, 8, 170, 171 Granville, Grenada, 136 Great Harbor, Culebra (ill.), 115 Great North Side (Magens) Bay, 111 Greater Antillean mountain System, 177 Grebe (mine-sweeper), 109 Grenada, 5, 6, 8, 10, 127, 131; avifauna, 188; bank, 136; cultural features, 135; description, 131; southeast coast (map), 132; southwestern end, part (ill.). opp. 134 Grenadines, 5, 127, 128, 192; avifauna, 188; bank, 136
Earle, K. W. on Antigua, 147, 148, 150; on Barbuda limestone, 163 Economics, 9 Elizabeth Reef, 22 Ellice Islands, 164 English Harbor, Antigua, 160 Erosion, 12 Falmouth Harbor, Antigua, 160 Farming, 7 Faroes, 17 Fauna, 185, 186; essays on, 187; fossil, Antigua, 151; mammals, 188; physiography and, 188; waif, 186, 190 Fernando Noronha, 199 Fiji Islands, 162 First-cycle islands, 35; complicated sequence, 46; distribution, 176; final stage: Saba bank, 137 Five Island Harbor, 155 Flora, 185, 186; essays on, 187, 190 Fond d'Or, St. Lucia, 103, 105, 106 Forests, degradation in the presence of, 100 Forrest, William, 148 Fort de France, 73 Fossils, 182; Antigua, 149, 151, 16 rodent, 189 Foundations, 15 (with diagr.), 16; stability of reef foundations, 26 Foye, W. G., 162 Franks, G. F., 173 Frederiksted, St. Croix, 142-143, 144145 (ill.) French patois, 4 French possessions, 4 Fringing reefs, 28, 32, 92 Fruit, 10 Funafuti, 164