Fenua Tapu Explained

Fenua Tapu is an islet of Nui atoll in the Pacific Ocean state of Tuvalu.^{[1] [2]}

It is the most southern and most eastern islet of Nui and is the largest (area 1.38 km²). Most Nuians live on the western end of Fenua Tapu,^[3] where a village including the settlements of Alamoni - Maiaki and Manutalake - Meang (Tanrake) lies.^[4]

A Dutch expedition (the frigate Maria Reigersberg^[5]) found Nui on the morning of June 14, 1825 and named Fenua Tapu as Nederlandsch Eiland.^[6]

A New Island in the Pacific.— In July last, the Pollux, Dutch sloop of war, Captain Eeg, discovered a new and well-peopled island in the Pacific, to which the name of Nederlandich Island was given : its latitude and longitude laid down at 7° 10' S., and 177° 33' 16" E. from Greenwich. The natives were athletic and fierce, great thieves, and, from their shewing no symptoms of fear when muskets were discharged, evidently unacquainted with the effects of fire-arms.^[7]

External links

• Map of Nui showing Fenua Tapu

-7.2458°N 177.1472°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Map of Nui. Tuvaluislands.com. 2013-10-12. 2013-10-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20131014010427/http://www.tuvaluislands.com/maps/m-nui.htm. dead.
2. Book: British Admiralty Nautical Chart 766 Ellice Islands. 21 March 1872 . United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO).
3. Book: Sotaga Pape . Hugh . Laracy . Tuvalu: A History . 1983 . Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific and Government of Tuvalu . 71. Chapter 10 – Nui.
4. Web site: Population of communities in Tuvalu. Thomas Brinkhoff. 11 April 2012 . 20 March 2016.
5. Web site: Dutch warships available but not in active service in August 1834. 3 December 2011. 22 March 2016.
6. Web site: Pieter Troost: Aanteekeningen gehouden op eene reis om de wereld: met het fregat de Maria Reigersberg en de ... . 1829 . 14 August 2017.
7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37072495 The Australian newspaper, Saturday 25 November 1826