Monuafe
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean |
| Archipelago | Tongatapu |
| Geographical location | 21 ° 6 ′ S , 175 ° 8 ′ W |
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Monuafe (also: Monuafai ) is a sunken small island in the north of Tongatapu in the Pacific . Politically, it belongs to the Kingdom of Tonga .
geography
The motu was on the north side of the Piha Passage (Astrolabe Channel) off the north coast of Tongatapu, across from Navutoka . It was near Onevao and ' Onevai .
From 2002 the island was increasingly eroded and disappeared until 2013. Today only a sandbank is left.