The New International Encyclopædia/Manihiki Islands

MANIHIKI (mä′nē̇-ē′kē̇) ISLANDS. A group of small coral islands or atolls scattered over Central Polynesia between latitudes 4° and 12° S., and longitudes 150° and 166° W., northeast of the Samoan Islands. They aggregate in area about 53 square miles, with a population of over 1800. The entire group now belongs to Great Britain, and is, together with the Cook Islands, under the administration of New Zealand.