Funafuti is an atoll, comprising numerous islets, that serves as the capital of Tuvalu. As of the 2017 census, it has a population of 6,320 people. More...
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visited Funafuti aboard the yacht Le Tolna. The Count spent several days photographing men and women on Funafuti. The boreholes on Funafuti, at the site...
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Funafuti International Airport (IATA: FUN, ICAO: NGFU) is an airport in Funafuti, in the capital city of the island nation of Tuvalu. It is the sole international...
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Geography of Tuvalu (section Funafuti atoll)
of the Funafuti Conservation Area have 40% of the remaining native broadleaf forest on Funafuti atoll. The native broadleaf forest of Funafuti would include...
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List of islands of Tuvalu (section Royal Society of London investigation of the formation of coral reefs at Funafuti)
Tuvalu the fourth-smallest country in the world. The sea level at the Funafuti tide gauge has been rising at a rate of 3.9 mm per year, and it has been...
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Funafuti Lagoon Hotel formally known as Vaiaku Langi Hotel, or Vaiaku Lagi Hotel, is situated in Funafuti, in the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu. The...
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Funafuti was a naval base built by the United States Navy in 1942 to support the World War II effort. The base was located on the Island of Funafuti of...
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captains and chartmakers on visiting European ships. In 1819 the island of Funafuti, was named Ellice's Island; the name Ellice was applied to all nine islands...
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waters. One such area is the Funafuti Conservation Area, which is a marine protected area on the western reef area of Funafuti atoll. As of April 2024, four...
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The Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti (Latin: Missio Sui Iuris Funafutinum) is a Catholic Latin mission sui juris (pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction) in...
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Time in Tuvalu (redirect from Pacific/Funafuti)
the IANA time zone database, Tuvalu is given one time zone: Time zone in Funafuti, Tuvalu. TimeAndDate.com Tuvalu Time (TVT). WorldData.info "Maps of Tuvalu"...
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8°31′S 179°03′E / 8.517°S 179.050°E / -8.517; 179.050 The Funafuti Conservation Area is a marine conservation area covering 33 square kilometers (12...
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Kitiona at Niutao (1865); Tema at Funafuti (1870–89); Jeremia at Vaitupu (1880–95); In 1896 the pastor on Funafuti was Simona. The ministers of what became...
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Motuloa is an islet in the atoll of Funafuti, Tuvalu. Motu loa means long island. It lies on the southeastern rim of the atoll and is 800 metres (0.50 mi)...
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Coral reefs of Tuvalu (section Impact of the main settlement on Funafuti atoll on the adjacent reef and lagoon)
Davis (1928) envisioned. The survey of Funafuti atoll published in 1970 described its structure as being: “Funafuti is an almost circular and conical submarine...
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facto) TK Tonga 748 106,017 143.2 Nukuʻalofa TO Tuvalu 26 11,204 426.8 Funafuti TV Wallis and Futuna (France) 274 11,627 43.4 Mata-Utu WF Polynesia (total)...
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5th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (redirect from Defense Force, Funafuti)
home the battalion again deployed overseas to provide air defense for Funafuti in the Ellice Islands from September 1942 through February 1944. Also in...
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1896, 1897 and 1898, the Royal Society of London carried out drilling on Funafuti atoll in Tuvalu for the purpose of investigating the formation of coral...
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reef.” In 1896 Professor Professor William Sollas went to Funafuti as the leader of the Funafuti Coral Reef Boring Expedition of the Royal Society; Prof...
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or destroying land. Cyclone Bebe increased the size of Tuvalu island, Funafuti Atoll, by nearly 20%. Hurricane Walaka destroyed the small East Island...
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Motuloa may refer to: Motuloa (Funafuti), an island in Funafuti, Tuvalu Motuloa (north of Nukufetau), an island in Nukufetau, Tuvalu Motuloa (south of...
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Margaret Hospital (Roseau), Roseau, Dominica Princess Margaret Hospital, Funafuti, Funafuti atoll, Tuvalu Princess Margaret Hospital, Nassau, Bahamas Princess...
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9 MHz in Honiara, 99.0 MHz in Port Vila and Luganville, and 100.1 MHz in Funafuti. The station also broadcasts local content. In New Zealand, AREC FM carries...
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Islands6 Alofi, Niue7 Apia, Samoa Avarua, Cook Islands7 Fakaofo, Tokelau8 Funafuti, Tuvalu Mata Utu, Wallis and Futuna (de facto)2 Nukuʻalofa, Tonga Pago...
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Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) on Funafuti atoll in Tuvalu is the only hospital in the country, and the primary provider of medical services for all...
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Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2024 Tuvaluan general election to represent Funafuti. He was appointed the Minister for Health and Social Welfare in the Teo...
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airports and improve reliable domestic air service. It was headquartered in Funafuti. Tuvalu's government announced restoration plans for its aviation infrastructure...
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country located in four hemispheres. Tuvalu, passing close to its capital, Funafuti. Fiji, passing close to its dependency Rotuma and passing through Taveuni...
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highest tides could regularly flood 50% of the land area of national capital Funafuti by the mid-21st century, and 95% by 2100. The rising saltwater table could...
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Funafuti 1,029 (2009) Angafoulua Asau Vaitupu 650 (2009) Fakau Fou Fangaua Nukulaelae 347 (2012) Fenua Tapu Fongafale Funafuti 6,006 (2012) Funafuti Funafuti...
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