Malden Island, a British possession in the Central Pacific, lies NW. of the Marquesas in 4° 3' S. lat. and 155 W. long. It is a coral island 5 miles long by 4 broad, and has valuable deposits of guano, worked by eight Europeans and 160 native labourers.
Malden Island
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 822
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