Funafuti - Wikipedia
WEBThe oral history of Funafuti is that the founding ancestor came from Samoa. [7] [8] [9] The name of one of the islets, Funafala, means 'the pandanus of Funa' ("Funa" is a word meaning "chief" and is also found in the name of the atoll Funafuti). [10] The first European to visit Funafuti was Arent Schuyler de Peyster.
Funafuti Atoll | Tuvalu, Map, & Population | Britannica
WEBThe atoll comprises some 30 islets strung around a lagoon (13.5 by 10 miles [21.7 by 16.1 km]) that affords good anchorage. A U.S. military base was established there in 1942, during World War II, to combat Japanese forces in the Pacific.
History of Tuvalu - Wikipedia
WEBIn 1819 the island of Funafuti, was named Ellice's Island; the name Ellice was applied to all nine islands, after the work of English hydrographer Alexander George Findlay. [1] The United States claimed Funafuti, Nukufetau, Nukulaelae and Niulakita under the Guano Islands Act of 1856.
Funafuti Atoll - IUGS
WEBFunafuti Atoll is an internationally significant site with substantial contributions to the geological sciences, through the rich history associated with the first drilling experiment to test Darwin’s subsidence theory of atoll formation (Armstrong et al., 1904).
Funafuti Atoll | SpringerLink
WEBMore than 100 years ago, the Royal Society of London mounted an expedition to Funafuti Atoll to test Darwin’s theory of the formation of coral atolls (Royal Society, 1904 ). The IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre book, Coral Reefs of the World, provides useful information of Funafuti (UNEP, 1988 ).
Funafuti Conservation Area - Wikipedia
WEBHistory. The project to create the Kogatapu began under the administration of the Funafuti Falekaupule (the Funafuti local council) and with the support of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the conservation area was funded under SPREP's South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme (SPBCP).
WEBHere, we present the chronology of a drill core collected by the 1896–1898 Royal Society Coral Reef Expedition to Funafuti Atoll. The core is used as a dipstick in the Pacific to understand past sea levels associated with atoll formation. 2.
The chronology of Funafuti Atoll: revisiting an old friend
WEBSep 8, 2002 · The drill core of Funafuti Atoll, collected by The Royal Society Coral Reef Expedition in 1896–1898, has been dated using high–precision 14C and Sr isotope measurements determined by mass spectrome...
Funafuti - Wikiwand
WEBFunafuti is the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu. It has a population of 6,320 people, and so it has more people than the rest of Tuvalu combined, with approximately 60% of the population. It consists of a narrow sweep of land between 20 and 400 metres wide, encircling a large lagoon 18 km long and 14 km wide.
Funafuti | Encyclopedia.com
WEBThe atoll 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. The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Funafuti (fōōnäfōō´tē), capital and chief atoll of Tuvalu, S Pacific.
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