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Atoll in Tuvalu
Niuoko Islet, Nukulaelae
Atoll
Nukulaelae atoll from spaceNukulaelae atoll from space
Niuoko Islet, Nukulaelae is located in TuvaluNiuoko Islet, NukulaelaeNiuoko Islet, Nukulaelae
Coordinates: 09°22′52″S 179°51′08″E / 9.38111°S 179.85222°E / -9.38111; 179.85222
CountryTuvalu
Time zoneGMT+12
Main article: Nukulaelae

Niuoko Islet is the easternmost point of Tuvalu, which is located in Nukulaelae Atoll.

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.

In 1865, a trading captain acting on behalf of the German firm of J.C. Godeffroy & Sohn obtained a 25-year lease to Niuoko.

During the time the lease was in effect, the islanders and the Germans argued over the lease, including its terms and the importation of labourers. However, the Germans would remain until the lease expired in 1890.

References

  1. Map of Nukulaelae Atoll. Tuvaluislands.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2002.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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. ^ 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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