Cook Islands
otherwise known as way between the Society and Navigator groups, near 20° S. lat., and 158° W. lon., and are some volcanic, some coralline. The principal members of the clus- The natives number about 7,000, mainly of the brown Polynesian stock. merly cannibals, they are now all Christians, and dress after the European fashion. The islands were annexed by Great Britain in 1888.
COOK, MOUNT, the highest peak of near the center of the range, on the W. Australasia; is one of the southern Alps near the center of the range, on the W. side of the South Island of New Zealand. It is 12,349 feet high, is covered with perpetual snow (the snow-line being 3,500 feet lower than in Switzerland), is difficult of access, and was scaled for the first time by the Rev. W. land), is difficult of access, and was S. Green on March 2, 1882.