Motuloa (Funafuti)

Motuloa is an islet in the atoll of Funafuti,[1] Tuvalu.[2] Motu loa means long island.[3] It lies on the southeastern rim of the atoll and is 800m long northeast–southwest, but only 50m wide. It is only about 25m southwest of Telele and can be reached by foot from it during low tide. The islet is densely vegetated.

References

  1. Admiralty Nautical Chart 2983 Tuvalu – Funafuti atoll. United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO).
  2. Lal, Andrick. South Pacific Sea Level & Climate Monitoring Project – Funafuti atoll (PDF). SPC Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC Division of SPC). pp. 35 & 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2014.
  3. Hedley, Charles (1896). General account of the Atoll of Funafuti (PDF). Australian Museum Memoir 3(2): 1–72. p. 17.


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