Vasafua

Vasafua
Satellite image of the Funafuti Atoll.
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Archipelago	Funafuti
Geographical location	8 ° 34 ′  S , 179 ° 3 ′  E Coordinates: 8 ° 34 ′  S , 179 ° 3 ′  E

Vasafua is a small reef island in the reef rim of the Atoll Funafuti , Tuvalu , about 6 km north of Tefala .

geography

The island was badly hit by cyclone Pam . The coconut trees were washed away and the island has been a sandbank ever since. It is located in the Funafuti Conservation Area , which was founded in 1996 with the aim of preserving the local nature.

Right next door in the northwest is the Te Ava Fuagea Canal ( ⊙ , also: Ava Amelia, Fuagea Deep Pass). The deep and narrow passage is up to 18.3 m deep and 160 m wide and forms the clearest separation from the northwestern part of the atoll . About three kilometers to the northwest is the island of Fuafatu . To the south, in the same area of ​​the reef crown, the island of Fuagea joins.

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 .
4. ↑ Kogatabu Funafuti Conservation Area
5. ↑ Te Ava Fuagea at geonames.org.
6. ↑ Admiralty Nautical Chart 2983 Tuvalu - Funafuti atoll. United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO).