Tengasu

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Tengasu
Satellite image of the Funafuti Atoll.
Satellite image of the Funafuti Atoll.
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Funafuti
Geographical location 8 ° 38 ′  S , 179 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 8 ° 38 ′  S , 179 ° 5 ′  E
Tengasu (Tuvalu)
Tengasu

Tengasu is a reef island in the southernmost reef rim of the Funafuti Atoll , Tuvalu .

geography

The island is located in the southwesternmost section of the reef rim. The closest motu are Tutanga in the north and Teafuafou , part of the island of Avalau in the south, which forms the southwestern tip of the atoll. It is located in the Kogatapu Conservation Area - South End .

Individual evidence

  1. Map at Tuvaluislands.com.
  2. Sailing directions for the Pacific islands, Volume 3 . United States Hydrographic Office, 1952, p. 287.
  3. geonames.org .