Niuoko

Niuoko islet, Nukulaelae
Atoll

Nukulaelae atoll from space
Niuoko islet, Nukulaelae
Coordinates: 09°22′52″S 179°51′08″E / 9.38111°S 179.85222°E / -9.38111; 179.85222Coordinates: 09°22′52″S 179°51′08″E / 9.38111°S 179.85222°E / -9.38111; 179.85222
Country Tuvalu
Main article: Nukulaelae

Niuoko islet is the easternmost point of Tuvalu, which is located in Nukulaelae atoll.[1][2]

The Nukulaelae Conservation Area covers the eastern end of the lagoon. A baseline survey of marine life in the conservation zone was conducted in 2010.[3][4]

In 1865 a trading captain acting on behalf of the German firm of J.C. Godeffroy & Sohn obtained a 25-year lease to Niuoko.[5] For many years the islanders and the Germans argued over the lease, including its terms and the importation of labourers, however the Germans remained until the lease expired in 1890.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Map of Nukulaelae Atoll. Tuvaluislands.com.
  2. ↑ British Admiralty Nautical Chart 766 Ellice Islands (1893 ed.). United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO). 21 March 1872.
  3. ↑ Sandrine Job; Daniela Ceccarelli (December 2012). "Tuvalu Marine Life Scientific Report" (PDF). an Alofa Tuvalu project with the Tuvalu Fisheries Department. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Sandrine Job; Daniela Ceccarelli (December 2011). "Tuvalu Marine Life Synthesis Report" (PDF). an Alofa Tuvalu project with the Tuvalu Fisheries Department. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  5. 1 2 Suamalie N.T. Iosefa; Doug Munro; Niko Besnier (1991). Tala O Niuoku, Te: the German Plantation on Nukulaelae Atoll 1865-1890. Published by the Institute of Pacific Studies. ISBN 9820200733.


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