From the plans given by Captains eeg and Khremtshenko, and from the detailed account given by the former, it appears that it is a narrow coral-island, about two miles long, containing a small lagoon.
"Coral-Reefs"
Darwin, Charles
Captain eeg compares the lagoon with that of other coral-islands; and he distinctly says, the land is "very low."
"Coral-Reefs"
Darwin, Charles
This is the local form of the word, the substantive proper terminates in eeg.
"The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians"
Henry R. Schoolcraft