Lakena

Lake na or Lakina is an of atoll, . Nanumean traditions describe Lakena as being formed when sand spilled from the baskets of two women, Pai and Vau, when they were forced off Nanumea by Tefolaha, the Tongan warrior who became the ancestor of the people of Nanumea.
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 11 metres (36 feet)
  • Description: island in Nanumea atoll, Tuvalu

Lakena

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Latitude
-5.6475° or 5° 38′ 51″ south
Longitude
176.06917° or 176° 4′ 9″ east
Open location code
6V6R9339+2M
Geo­Names ID
2110373
Wiki­data ID
Q1801129

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Portuguese—“Lakena” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lakena”
  • Dutch: “Lakena”
  • French: “Lakena”
  • Galician: “Illote Lakena”
  • German: “Lakena”
  • German: “Lakina”
  • Japanese: “ラケナ”
  • Polish: “Lakena”
  • Portuguese: “Lakena”

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