Fineveke Explained

Fineveke
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Wallis
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Wallis Island
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: France
Subdivision Type1:Territory
Subdivision Name1: Wallis and Futuna
Subdivision Type2:Island
Subdivision Name2:Wallis
Subdivision Type3:Chiefdom
Subdivision Name3:Uvea
Subdivision Type4:District
Subdivision Name4:Mua
Timezone:UTC+12
Coordinates:-13.3272°N -176.2217°W

Fineveke is a village in Wallis and Futuna. It is located in Mua District on the southwest coast of Wallis Island, just northwest of Halalo. Lake Lanutavake lies just to the northeast.

Overview

It hosts a small private marina,[1] visible on google maps with 14 boats harbored. The "chief of the rails" of Wallis lived in Fineveke.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Société des Océanistes. Journal de la Société des Océanistes. 10 June 2011. 2006. Musée de l'homme. 113. Société des Océanistes.
  2. Book: Burrows. Edwin Grant. Museum. Bernice Pauahi Bishop. Ethnology of Uvea (Wallis island). 10 June 2011. 1937. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 168.