Nukufetau
Nukufetau is an atoll that is part of the nation of Tuvalu. The atoll was claimed by the US under the Guano Islands Act some time in the 19th century and was ceded in a treaty of friendship concluded in 1979 and coming into force in 1983.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Sakalua and Motuloa.
Sakalua
Islet
Sakalua is an islet of Nukufetau, Tuvalu. In the 19th century whalers established a shore camp on Sakalua where coal was used to melt down the whale blubber. The islet has been known as 'Coal Island'. The island has a large colony of terns.
Motuloa
Islet
Motuloa is an islet on the east side of Nukufetau atoll, Tuvalu. Motuloa is situated 3½ km east of Nukufetau.
Teafuone
Island
Teafuone is an islet of Nukufetau, Tuvalu. Teafuone has also been known as Entrance Island as it is by the channel through the reef of Nukufetau. Teafuone is situated 3½ km west of Nukufetau.
Nukufetau
- Type: atoll with 597 residents
- Description: atoll of Tuvalu
- Category: Council of Tuvalu
- Location: Tuvalu, Polynesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Nukufetau” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Nukufetau”
- Azerbaijani: “Nukufetau”
- Belarusian: “Атол Нукуфетау”
- Belarusian: “Нукуфетау”
- Catalan: “Nukufetau”
- Chinese: “努库费陶环礁”
- Chinese: “努庫費陶環礁”
- Czech: “Nukufetau”
- Dutch: “Nukufetau”
- Esperanto: “Nukufetau”
- Faroese: “Nukufetau”
- Finnish: “Nukufetau”
- French: “Nukufetau”
- Galician: “Atol Nukufetau”
- Galician: “Nukufetau”
- Georgian: “ნუკუფეტაუ”
- German: “Nukufetau”
- German: “TV-NKF”
- Hebrew: “נוקופטאו”
- Hungarian: “Nukufetau”
- Indonesian: “Nukufetau”
- Italian: “Nukufetau”
- Japanese: “ヌクフェタウ島”
- Japanese: “ヌクフェタウ環礁”
- Korean: “누쿠페타우 환초”
- Lithuanian: “Nukufetau”
- Macedonian: “Нукуфетау”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nukufetau”
- Norwegian: “Nukufetau”
- Persian: “نوکوفتائو”
- Polish: “Nukufetau”
- Portuguese: “Nukufetau”
- Romanian: “Nukufetau”
- Russian: “Нукуфетау”
- Sinhala: “නුකුෆෙටෝ, ටුවාලු”
- Slovak: “Nukufetau”
- Spanish: “Nukufetau”
- Swedish: “Nukufetau”
- Turkish: “Nukufetau”
- Ukrainian: “Нукуфетау”
- Urdu: “نوکوتیتاو”
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