Fatato

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Fatato
Satellite image of the Funafuti Atoll.
Satellite image of the Funafuti Atoll.
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Funafuti
Geographical location 8 ° 33 '  S , 179 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 8 ° 33 '  S , 179 ° 10'  E
Fatato (Tuvalu)
Fatato

Fatato is a small reef island in the southeastern reef rim of the Funafuti Atoll , Tuvalu .

geography

The island lies between the island of Funagogo and the main island of Fongafale . In 2003, the Asian Pacific Network (APN) selected the island for a series of measurements on the impact of climate change (Pacific Atoll Coastal Monitoring and Analysis Network, PACMAN).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map at Tuvaluislands.com.
  2. ↑ Sailing directions for the Pacific islands, Volume 3 . United States Hydrographic Office, 1952, p. 287.
  3. ↑ Fatato at geonames.org.
  4. ↑ PACMAN at geonames.org.
  5. ↑ Islands of Funafuti. TuvaluIslands.com May 18, 2012.