Motuloa (Funafuti)

Motuloa is an islet in the atoll of Funafuti,^[1]^[2] Tuvalu.^[3] Motu loa means long island.^[4] It lies on the southeastern rim of the atoll and is 800 m long northeast-southwest, but only 50 m wide. It is only about 25 m southwest of Telele and can be reached by foot from it during low tide. The islet is densely vegetated.

References

↑ Map of Funafuti. Tuvaluislands.com.
↑ Admiralty Nautical Chart 2983 Tuvalu - Funafuti atoll. United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO).
↑ Lal, Andrick. South Pacific Sea Level & Climate Monitoring Project - Funafuti atoll (PDF). SPC Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC Division of SPC). p. 64.
↑ Hedley, Charles (1896). General account of the Atoll of Funafuti (PDF). Australian Museum Memoir 3(2): 1–72. p. 17.

External links

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Islands and atolls of Tuvalu

Islands	Nanumanga Niulakita Niutao

Atolls	Funafuti Nanumea Nui Nukufetau Nukulaelae Vaitupu

Islets of Funafuti	Amatuku Avalau Falaoigo Fale Fatu Fatato Fongafale Fuafatu Fuagea Fualefeke Fualopa Funafala Funamanu Luamotu Mateika Motugie Motuloa Mulitefala Nukusavalevale Papa Elise Pukasavilivili Te Afuafou Te Afualiku Tefala Telele Tengasu Tepuka Tepuka Vili Vili Tutanga Vasafua

Islets of Nanumea	Lakena Lefogaki Teatua a Taepoa Temotufoliki

Islets of Nui	Fenua Tapu Telikiai aka Meang Motupuakaka Pakantou Piliaieve Pongalei Talalolae Tokinivae Unimai

Islets of Nukufetau	Faiava Lasi Fale Funaota Kongo Loto Lafanga Lafanga Matanukulaelae Motufetau Motulalo Motuloa (north of Nukufetau) Motuloa (south of Nukufetau) Motumua Niualuka Niuatui Oua Sakalua Savave Teafatule Teafuaniua Teafuanonu Teafuone Temotuloto

Islets of Vaitupu	Luasamotu Isles of Mosana Motutanifa Temotu Te Motu Olepa Tofia

Coordinates: 8°38′28″S 179°05′12″E / 8.6412°S 179.0867°E / -8.6412; 179.0867

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