Puka-Puka is a small inhabited coral atoll in the north-eastern Tuamotu Archipelago, sometimes included as a member of the Disappointment Islands. This...
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Bolivia Puka Puka (La Paz), a mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia Puka Puka (Lima), a mountain in the Lima Region, Peru Pukapuka, a coral atoll in the...
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Te Puka is one of 43 islands in the Manihiki atoll of the Cook Islands. It is a small islet in the south-west corner of the atoll, just inside the reef...
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Nukunonu (redirect from Te Puka e Mua)
Nukunonu, formerly known as Duke of Clarence Island, is the largest atoll within Tokelau, a dependency of New Zealand in the south Pacific Ocean. It comprises...
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Atafu (redirect from Atafu Atoll)
that constitute Tokelau. It is an atoll and surrounds a central lagoon, which covers some 15 km2 (5.8 sq mi). The atoll lies 800 kilometres (500 miles)...
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of coral islands, which includes the island of Tepoto and the atoll of Napuka. Puka-Puka, 290 kilometres (180 mi) to their southeast, is often included...
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Robert Dean Frisbie (section Life on Puka–Puka)
of Puka Puka, published in 1929 by The Century Company, related the tale of his eternal search for solitude on the far-flung Northern Cook atoll of Pukapuka...
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Saumagalu Saumatafanga Taulagapapa Te Fakanava Te Kamu Te Puka e Mua Te Puku Teafua Tokelau (atoll) List of islets in Tokelau List of villages in Tokelau...
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Napuka (category Atolls of the Tuamotus)
census. The main village is Tepukamaruia (Te Puka Maru Ia). The first recorded European to reach Napuka Atoll was the British explorer John Byron, in 1765...
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chain of just under 80 islands and atolls in the southern Pacific Ocean. They constitute the largest chain of atolls in the world, extending (from northwest...
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During this time, Frisbie published Miss Ulysses of Puka-Puka, dealing with her life on the atoll and her bond with her father and family. Following her...
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Fakahina (redirect from Fakahina Atoll)
to Puka-Puka to work in the production of copra. Fakahina belongs to the commune of Fangatau, which consists of Fangatau Atoll, as well as the atoll and...
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alongside the diki-diki cocktail at the Tiki Ti. The Puka-Puka cocktail, named after the Polynesian atoll "discovered" by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 is also...
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and Anuta, Pileni, Sikaiana (all in the Solomon Islands) and the Takuu Atoll in Papua New Guinea. There is also evidence that Pukapuka had prehistoric...
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A pair of Seasprites operate from HMNZS Canterbury near the Puka-Puka Atoll...
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south of the island of Tikei, French Polynesia Passing just south of Puka-Puka atoll, French Polynesia 15°0′S 75°28′W / 15.000°S 75.467°W / -15.000;...
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Kauehi Taiaro Raraka Disappointment Islands (Îles du Désappointement) Puka-Puka Napuka Tepoto (North) (Tepoto Nord) Duke of Gloucester Islands (Îles du...
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the Tuamotus (Anaa, Fangatau, Hao, Hikueru, Makemo, Napuka, Nukutavake, Puka-Puka, Reao, Tatakoto and Tureia), forms Îles Gambier et Tuamotu de l'Est, one...
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Manihiki (redirect from Manihiki Atoll)
islands of the atoll (listed starting clockwise from the northernmost point of the atoll) are: Ngake Atimono Motu Hakamaru Porea Te Puka Tauhunu Murihiti...
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Spanish) because of the many sharks that sailors fished in it. Together with Puka-Puka (named San Pablo) they were named Islas Infortunadas (Unfortunate Islands...
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Tepuka (Penrhyn) (category Penrhyn atoll)
The island was once inhabited, and contains the remains of two marae, Te Puka-nui and Punaruku. The latter was the site of a village and missionary church...
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Pacific along a southern role, discovering a number of atolls in the Tuamotu Islands, including Puka-Puka, Manihi, Rangiroa and Takapoto, followed by Tafahi...
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Fakarava, Fangatau, Hao, Hikueru, Makemo, Manihi, Napuka, Nukutavake, Puka-Puka, Rangiroa, Reao, Takaroa-Takapoto, Tatakoto and Tureia of the Tuamotus...
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Katiu, Tahanea, Tuanake, Hiti and Tepoto (Ofiti) in the Raeffsky Islands, Puka-Puka in the Disappointment Islands, Anuanuraro in the Duke of Gloucester Islands...
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was from the broadleaf forest of the Tuvaluan atolls. A log of te fetau, (Calophyllum inophyllum) or te puka (Hernandia peltata) was dug out to form the...
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Fongafale, in the northwest of Funafuti, the main atoll of the Oceanian nation of Tuvalu. Te puka, or Pouka, is the name of a tree - Hernandia peltata...
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Vairaatea (category Atolls of the Tuamotus)
Vairaatea is a small atoll of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. Geographically Vairaatea Atoll is part of the East-central subgroup of the Tuamotus...
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Puka-Puka atoll, French Polynesia (at 14°48′S 138°51′W / 14.800°S 138.850°W / -14.800; -138.850 (Puka-Puka)) Passing just east of Akiaki atoll,...
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overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) in the South Pacific...
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nearly dead, the trio spot land and wash up on the shore of an island, PukaPuka. Credits reveal they spent 34 days at sea, having rowed for over 1000 miles...
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