Teatua a Taepoa

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Teatua a Taepoa
Nanumea Atoll with the island of Teatua a Taepoa in the center
Nanumea Atoll with the island of Teatua a Taepoa in the center
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Nanumea Atoll
Geographical location 5 ° 39 '33 "  S , 176 ° 6' 14"  O Coordinates: 5 ° 39 '33 "  S , 176 ° 6' 14"  O
length 110 m
width 50 m
surface 0.5 ha
Residents uninhabited
main place (none)

Teatua a Taepoa is a small, uninhabited island in the Nanumea Atoll in the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu . It is located in the center of the atoll and is 0.5 hectares in size. Teatua a Taepoa is densely forested.

According to traditional lore, the island is said to have originated from sand that fell from the baskets of two women when they fled from the Tongan warlord Tefolaha .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hugh Laracy (Ed.) Taulu Isako: Chapter 7 - Nanumea . In: Tuvalu: A History . Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific and Government of Tuvalu, 1983, p. 49.