Tepuka Vili Vili | |
Settlement Type: | Islet |
Pushpin Map: | Tuvalu |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tuvalu |
Coordinates: | -8.467°N 179.083°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Tuvalu |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Tepuka Vili Vili or Tepuka Savilivili is an islet of Funafuti, Tuvalu.Tepuka Vili Vili is part of the Funafuti Conservation Area, established in 1996 with the aim of preserving the natural fauna and flora of the area.[1] Tepuka Vili Vili was devastated by Cyclone Keli in 1997, with all its vegetation and most of its sand swept away during the cyclone.[2]
The islet is an example of dynamic action of a coral atoll changing with the effect of cyclones and wave action:
Te Ava Kum Kum is the passage through the Funafuti atoll in the middle of the western rim, south of Te Ava Tepuka Vili, between the islets of Tepuka Vili Vili to the north and Fualopa immediately south.[3]