Akaiami Explained

Akaiami is one of 22 islands in the Aitutaki atoll of the Cook Islands. It is located on the eastern perimeter of Aitutaki Lagoon to the north of the smaller islands of Muritapua, five kilometres to the southeast of the main island of Aitutaki. It is the second-largest of the Aitutaki motus, after Tekopua, measuring 1120m long and 410m wide.[1] During the 1950s the island was used as a stopover for TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Limited) flying boats on the famous Coral Route.[2] These operations ceased in 1960, and the only reminder are the remains of the purpose-built jetty.[3]

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-18.9061°N -159.7295°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Atoll Research Bulletin No 190, Almost-Atoll of Aitutaki, Reef Studies in the Cook Islands, South Pacific . https://web.archive.org/web/20090918202141/http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/arb/190/v190.pdf . dead . 18 September 2009 . Reef Islands of Aitutaki . D. R. Stoddart . D.R. Stoddard and P.E. Gibbs . Smithsonian Institution . 13 August 1975 . 65–66 . 4 August 2020.
  2. Web site: TEAL's Coral Route Stopover at Aitutaki . Cookislandsbooking.com . 30 July 2020 . 19 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210519031817/https://www.cookislandsbooking.com/stories/teals-coral-route-stopover-at-aitutaki-aitutaki . dead .
  3. Web site: Remembering the days of the fabulous Coral Route . Cook Islands News . 7 July 2018 . 4 August 2020.

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