where is it?

[David Heppell]

On Thu, 22 Feb 1996, Kathie Way wrote:

> I have the locality "Grimwood's Isle, South Pacific" on a molluscan
> type specimen label dating from around 1830. Does anyone know where/what
> this is?
> Grateful for any information.
> kathie
> Ms Kathie Way
> Collections Manager
> Invertebrates I
>
There have been at least two papers written addressing this question:
        Dance, S. P., 1960. "Grimwood's Island", its geographical position
and its connection with Hugh Cuming.  Journal of Conchology, vol.24
pp.443-445 (including map).
        Rehder, H. A., 1959.  L'identite de l'Ile Grimwood.  Bulletin de
la Societe d'Etudes Oceaniennes, no.127/128 pp.46-48.

The conclusion was that Grimwood's Island is probably the atoll called
Fangatau (a.k.a. Fangataufa or Cockburn Island), southeast of Mururoa, in
the Tuamotu Archipelago.


David Heppell
Curator of Mollusca
National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh