Anuta

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Anuta is a small high island in the southeastern part of the Solomon Islands province of Temotu.

[edit] Description

The island lies about 500 km (300 mi.) to the east-southeast of Nendo, at 11°36′39″S 169°51′1″E / -11.61083, 169.85028.

It is a small volcanic island with a fringing coral reef. The highest point on the island is 65 m (213 ft) above sea level. The island is quite small, its diameter being only about 750 m (½ mile).

[edit] People and culture

The island's population is about 250. Historically, some of its inhabitants have used the small island of Fatutaka, about 60 km (37.5 mi.) to the southeast, as a gardening location.

Like (relatively) nearby Tikopia, and unlike the majority of the population of the Solomon Islands who are Melanesians, the islanders of Anuta are Polynesians, and their language is a member of the Samoic branch of the Polynesian languages. A 200 word-list is available at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database[1].

The islanders were joined by adventurer Bruce Parry in the TV series Tribe.

[edit] See also

• Pacific Islands
• Pacific Ocean
• Polynesian outlier

[edit] References

• Feinberg, Richard F. 1986. "The 'Anuta Problem': Local Sovereignty and National Integration in the Solomon Islands." Man 21(3):438–452.

[edit] External links

• Anuta Wordlist at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database

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