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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
CHOIN	Choin Choin Choin	Mr David Smith Newark Mr John Moar Poor Inspector Sandwick Mr Peter Taylor of Geoth	094	The name given to a pool of stagnant water situated between low and high water mark in Marwick Bay encircled with a raised embankment of loose stones which prevents the water running out of it at ebb tides. it is situated a distance of about ½ mile North west of How
TUNGA	Tunga Tunga Tunga	Mr David Smith Newark Mr John Moar Poor Inspector Sandwick Mr Peter Taylor of Geoth	094	A narrow point of rocky foreshore situated at the southern extremity of Marwick Bay and nearly ½ mile west of "Howe"
MAR WICK	Mar Wick Mar Wick Mar Wick	Mr David Smith Newark Mr John Moar Poor Inspector Sandwick Mr Peter Taylor of Geoth	094	Applies to a broken bay of considerable size situated on the west shore of the district of Marwick and lies immediately south of Marwick Head ½ mile south of Gruidgair and about ½ mile N W [North West] of Howe

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