Teafatule (Nukufetau)

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Teafatule
Satellite image of the Nukufetau Atoll.
Satellite image of the Nukufetau Atoll.
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Nukulaelae
Geographical location 7 ° 57 ′  S , 178 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 7 ° 57 ′  S , 178 ° 21 ′  E
Teafatule (Nukufetau) (Tuvalu)
Teafatule (Nukufetau)

Teafatule is a small reef island in the reef rim of the Nukufetau atoll in the island state of Tuvalu .

geography

Teafatule lies together with a smaller sister island north of the Teafatule Narrow Deep Pass in the northwest of the atoll. From there the reef crown with its shallows stretches north to the northern tip of the atoll near Funaota .

Individual evidence

  1. Map of Nukulaelae Atoll. Tuvaluislands.com.
  2. ^ British Admiralty Nautical Chart 766 Ellice Islands. 21 March 1872, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) 1893.
  3. geonames.org .