Nuku (Kapa)
Nuku | ||
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Map of Vavaʻu | ||
Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
Archipelago | Vava'u | |
Geographical location | 18 ° 43 ′ S , 174 ° 3 ′ W | |
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Nuku is a small uninhabited island in the Tongan archipelago of Vavaʻu . The island is one of two islands with the same name in the Vavaʻu archipelago.
geography
Nuku, together with Luaʻofa and the peninsula of Matamaka ( Nuapapu ), forms the southern edge of the bay in which the islands of ʻOto and Aʻa are located. Nuku is itself an offshoot of Kapa Island .
climate
The climate is tropical hot, but is tempered by constantly blowing winds . Like the other islands of the Vavaʻu group, Nuku is occasionally hit by cyclones .