FUNAFUTI

foonäfooˈtē, chief atoll of Tuvalu, S Pacific. It comprises 30 islets of a reef 13 mi (21 km) long, with a land area of c.1 sq mi (2.6 sq km). The island was discovered in 1819 and became part of a British colony in 1915. An expedition led by Sir Edgeworth David in 1897 proved the Darwinian theory of atoll formation (see coral reefs) by sinking a 1,100 ft (335 m) bore into the island.

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books on: Funafuti  - 71 results

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Tuvaluan: A Polynesian Language of the Central Pacific
Book by Niko Besnier; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Tuvaluan Language--Grammar
...Nanumaga, and Niutao together, and the other Funafuti, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, and Nukulaelae...dialects. The hegemonic status of the Funafuti and Vaitupu dialects is particularly evident: Funafuti is the seat of the national government...
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World War II Pacific Island Guide: A Geo-Military Study
Book by Gordon L. Rottman; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Islands Of The Pacific--Strategic Aspects, Military Geography--Pacific Area, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean, World War, 1939-1945--United States
Map 69 Funafuti Atoll, Ellice Islands U.S. occupied...Island is 870 miles to the northwest of Funafuti. The atoll is irregularly shaped measuring...which the Americans generally called Funafuti Is- land, on the northeast side. This...
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Urbanisation in the Island Pacific: Towards Sustainable Development
Book by John Connell, John Lea; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Pacific Area--Growth, Sustainable Development--Pacific Area, Urbanization--Pacific Area
...from Kiribati and the rapid growth of Funafuti. Almost half the population (3,850 in 1992) of Tuvalu live on two islets of Funafuti atoll in some 500 private houses at a...sustainable development. Housing issues in Funafuti were of concern as early as 1981, when...
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Letters and Recollections of Alexander Agassiz: With a Sketch of His Life and Work
Book by G. R. Agassiz, Alexander Agassiz; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913
Subjects: Agassiz, Alexander--1835-1910
...the formation of coral reefs ." The Funafuti boring was continued the following year...letter to Murray in 1907, says of the Funafuti bore: "All I have seen inclines me...in part a talus of modern material." FUNAFUTI 1 In another letter to Murray, written...
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U.S. Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle: Ground and Air Units in the Pacific War, 1939-1945
Book by Gordon L. Rottman; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: United States--Marine Corps--Aviation, United States--Marine Corps--History--World War, 1939-1945, United States--Marine Corps--Organization, United States--Marine Corps--Registers, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean
...Construction Battalion Defense Force, Funafuti This force (aka Defense Force, Navy...secure unoccupied Fongafale Island, Funafuti Atoll in the Ellice Islands on 2 Oct...Bat- talion, which was split between Funafuti and Nukufetau Atolls, and remained until...
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journal articles on: Funafuti  - 8 results

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The Quiet Warrior Back in Newport: Admiral Spruance, the Return to the Naval War College, and the Lessons of the Pacific War, 1946-1947
Journal article by Hal M. Friedman; Naval War College Review, Vol. 64, 2011
Subjects: Armed forces, Cold War, Naval War College, United States, Weapons
...operations commenced in the Central Pacific in the summer of 1943, Funafuti in the Ellice Islands was the nearest base to the Gilbert andMarshall Islands that had a good anchorage.Unfortunately, Funafuti was 1,200 miles southwest of the Marshalls, seven hundred...
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Public Nuisance Suits for the Climate Justice Movement: the Right Thing and the Right Time
Journal article by Randall S. Abate; Washington Law Review, Vol. 85, 2010
Subjects: Climate change, International law, Kyoto Protocol
...lands that had become increasingly salinated by the encroaching sea had to relocate to the makeshift settlement of Fongafale on Funafuti.53 If current global climate trends are allowed to continue, an increasing number of island communities will be forced to...
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The Mirab Model Twelve Years On
Journal article by Geoff Bertram; The Contemporary Pacific, Vol. 11, 1999
Subjects: Oceania
...shipping); I met for the first time the stunning discrepancy between export production and import consumption that is the defining characteristic of MIRAB economies. A week in Funafuti left me intrigued about the basis on which a small, soli
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Tuvalu Little, Tuvalu Late: A Country Goes Under
Journal article by Genevieve Sheehan; Harvard International Review, Vol. 24, 2002
Subjects: Climatic changes--Tuvalu, Sea level--Environmental aspects, Tuvalu--Environmental aspects
...He bases this on data collected from tide gauges installed across the Pacific in the past 10 years, including a gauge at Funafuti, Tuvalus capital. "The short-term sea-level rise analyses...show no change in the average sea level over the period...
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The South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone: Significance and Implications
Journal article by Greg Fry; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 18, 1986
Subjects: Asia
...Foreign Policy School, Otago University, 18 May 1985 , pp. 6-7. 11 "Communique of the Fifteenth South Pacific Forum, Funafuti, Tuvalu", 27-28 August 1984 , Canberra, Department of Foreign Affairs, news release, 29 August 1984. 12 See Paul Malone...
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magazine articles on: Funafuti  - 16 results

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All the Disappearing Islands
Magazine article by Julia Whitty; Mother Jones, Vol. 28, July 2003
Subjects: Global warming, Oceans, Tuvalu
...ATLANTIS? ROM THE AIR the tiny islets of Funafuti atoll appear as a broken pearl necklace...At no point is the sandy island of Funafuti higher than 13 feet above sea level...Cyclone Bebe, which in 1972 inundated Funafuti, killing six people, razing most buildings...
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Vmf-422 Is Missing!
Magazine article by Mark W. Syrkin; Sea Classics, Vol. 38, November 2005
...McLaughlin) that we should proceed to Funafuti via Nanomea in the Ellice Islands as...miles north of Nanomea; from there to Funafuti, scattered showers and rain squalls...bases, the range leg bearings for the Funafuti range, and the quadrants for the Nanomea...
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Tuvalu: Drowning or Waving: The Low-Lying Islands of the Pacific Nation of Have Long Been Seen as the Most Likely First Victims of Global Climate Change. and Already, Several Islands Are Experiencing Regular Episodes of Flooding. but Is There Any Truth Behind the Headline Stories of an Imminent Exodus?
Magazine article by Kennedy Warne; Geographical, Vol. 80, October 2008
Subjects: Environmental degradation--Influence, Environmental degradation--Tuvalu, Global temperature changes--Influence, Tuvalu--Environmental aspects
...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED At the back of his house in Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu, Manoa Tehulu...lovely green teardrop comes into view. Funafuti is one such teardrop: 30 islets spaced...particular, she points to the 1940s, when Funafuti was turned into an anchored aircraft...
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Operation Galvanic: the Invasion of Tarawa
Magazine article by Russell L. Harris; Sea Classics, Vol. 37, March 2004
...Our nearest landing fields were at Funafuti in the Ellice Islands, 1300 miles...scale, the formation in the lagoon at Funafuti of a Mobile Service Squadron to furnish...Force Liberators had been flying from Funafuti every day, and R.Adm. John H. Hoover...
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High Tide in Tuvalu: In the Tropical Pacific, Climate Change Threatens to Create a Real-Life Atlantis
Magazine article by Tom Price; Sierra, Vol. 88, July 2003
...sea level, and its capital atoll of Funafuti already a sliver of land--400 yards...the national population of 11,000, Funafuti is relatively dense--and improbably...only one true tourist destination: the Funafuti Conservation Area. Established in 1995...
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What a Riotous Play; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 5, 2007
...regarded as the capital of Polynesian island Tuvalu, has a population of just 516 (2002 census), but the entire atoll of Funafuti is more properly regarded as the capital. This has a population of about 4,500. Male, the capital of the Maldives, is...
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Coral Atolls Hold On
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 4, 2010
Subjects: Coral reefs, Coral reefs and islands
...In 1972, Cyclone Bebe dumped 346 acres (140 hectares) of sediment on the eastern reef of Tuvalu, increasing the area of Funafuti, the main island, by 10 percent. Another island, Funamanu, gained 1.1 acres (0.44 hectares) or nearly 30 percent...
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...And While We're at It, Let's Sell off Our Embassies
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 21, 2011
...Mongolia Melekeok, Palau (Pacific island) Honiara, Solomon Islands (Pacific island) Dushanbe, Tajikistan (Central Asia) Funafuti, Tuvalu (Pacific island) Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Central Asia) Port Vila, Vanuatu (Central Asia) Luxurious: Our embassy...
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...While We're at It, Let's Sell off Our Embassies Too
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 21, 2011
Subjects: Ambassadors
...Melekeok, Palau (Pacific island) |Honiara, Solomon Islands (Pacific island) |Dushanbe, Tajikistan (Central Asia) |Funafuti, Tuvalu (Pacific island) |Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Central Asia) |Port Vila, Vanuatu (Central Asia) Luxurious: Our...
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Fence Post
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 7, 2007
...situation so that the observed realities line up with the theoretical projections of computer models. In the meantime, the Funafuti Airport in Tuvalu might be an intriguing destination for those global warming true believers who want to take a final look...
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encyclopedia articles on: Funafuti  - 3 results

 
 
1.
Funafuti
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FUNAFUTI foonafoo te, chief atoll of Tuvalu , S Pacific. It comprises 30 islets of a reef 13 mi (21 km) long, with a land area of c...
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Tuvalu
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...as the Ellice (or Lagoon) Islands, scattered over the W Pacific Ocean. The capital is Fongafale , a part of the atoll of Funafuti . The population is primarily Polynesian and about 98% Protestant; most are members of the Church of Tuvalu, a Congregationalist...
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Fongafale
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...coextensive with the islet of Fongafale, capital and largest settlement in the island nation of Tuvalu . Part of the atoll of Funafuti , Fongafale is also the site of a meteorological station, a hospital, and an international airport...


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