Fualopa

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Fualopa
Satellite image of the Funafuti Atoll.
Satellite image of the Funafuti Atoll.
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Funafuti
Geographical location 8 ° 29 ′  S , 179 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 8 ° 29 ′  S , 179 ° 4 ′  E
Fualopa (Tuvalu)
Fualopa

Fualopa is a tiny reef island in the western reef rim of the Funafuti Atoll , Tuvalu .

geography

The island lies between Tepuka Vili Vili in the northeast and Fuafatu in the southwest on the Kumkum Minor Pass (Ta Ava Kumkum).

The island belongs to the Funafuti Conservation Area , with an area of ​​33 km² with reefs, lagoon area and the six Motu Tepuka , Tepuka Vili Vili , Fuafatu , Vasafua , Fuagea and Tefala .

Individual evidence

  1. Map at Tuvaluislands.com.
  2. Sailing directions for the Pacific islands, Volume 3 . United States Hydrographic Office, 1952, p. 287.
  3. Fualopa at geonames.org.