Lafaga

Lafaga
	Satellite image of the Nukufetau Atoll.
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Archipelago	Nukufetau
Geographical location	7 ° 58 ′ S , 178 ° 26 ′ E Coordinates: 7 ° 58 ′ S , 178 ° 26 ′ E

Lafaga (also: Lafanga ) is a motu in the reef edge of the Nukufetau atoll in the island state of Tuvalu .

geography

Lafaga forms the north-east corner of the atoll. It is the largest of the eastern islands in the atoll. There is a larger coconut plantation on the island. The reef fringes continue to the south with the Congo Loto Lafanga , while the islands of Oua and Niuatui connect to the northwest .

mythology

Legends tell that Fialua , an Aliki (chief), was sent to Lafanga to defend the islands against invaders from Tonga . Fialua attacked the robbers with his club and buried the bodies in a place called the Temata .

Individual evidence

↑ Map of Nukulaelae Atoll. Tuvaluislands.com.
^ British Admiralty Nautical Chart 766 Ellice Islands. 21 March 1872, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) 1893.
↑ geonames.org .
↑ Nofoaiga Lafita, Hugh Laracy (ed.): Tuvalu: A History. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific and Government of Tuvalu 1983: 86–87 (Chapter 12 - Nukufetau)

[TINu-1] Map of Nukulaelae Atoll. Tuvaluislands.com.

[ANCn-2] British Admiralty Nautical Chart 766 Ellice Islands. 21 March 1872, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) 1893.

[3] s.org .

[4] Nofoaiga Lafita, Hugh Laracy (ed.): Tuvalu: A History. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific and Government of Tuvalu 1983: 86–87 (Chapter 12 - Nukufetau)