Fenua Tapu
Fenua Tapu is an islet of Nui atoll in the Pacific Ocean state of Tuvalu.[1][2]
It is the most southern and most eastern islet of Nui and is the largest (area 1.38 km²). Most Nuians live on the western end of Fenua Tapu,[3] where a village including the settlements of Fenua Tapu and Tanrake lies.
A Dutch expedition (the frigate Maria Reigersberg) found Nui on the morning of June 14th, 1825 and named Fenua Tapu as Nederlandsch Eiland.[4]
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Dutch map of the island, made in June 1825
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View of the main island
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View of the atoll
References
- ↑ Map of Nui. Tuvaluislands.com.
- ↑ British Admiralty Nautical Chart 766 Ellice Islands. United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO). 21 March 1872.
- ↑ Sotaga Pape, Hugh Laracy (ed.) (1983). "Chapter 10 – Nui". Tuvalu: A History. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific and Government of Tuvalu. p. 71.
- ↑ Pieter Troost: Aanteekeningen gehouden op eene reis om de wereld: met het fregat de Maria Reigersberg en de ... (1829) Digitalisat
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Coordinates: 7°14′45″S 177°8′50″E / 7.24583°S 177.14722°E
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