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Nukutoa Island
NASA picture of Nukutoa Island
Nukutoa Island is located in Pacific Ocean
Nukutoa Island
Nukutoa Island
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates4°45′S 156°59′E / 4.750°S 156.983°E / -4.750; 156.983
Total islands13
Length14.9 km (9.26 mi)
Width12.5 km (7.77 mi)
Highest elevation2 m (7 ft)
Administration
Takuu Atoll Papua New Guinea
Autonomous RegionTakuu Atoll Bougainville
DistrictNorth Bougainville
Local-level governmentAtolls Rural
Largest settlementNukutoa
Demographics
Population600
District map of Bougainville (North Solomons)

Takuu, formerly known as Tauu and also known as Nukutoa, Mortlock Island, or Marqueen Island,[1] is a small, isolated atoll off the east coast of Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea.

  1. ^ Richard Parkinson et al. Thirty years in the South Seas, 1999

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Takuu Atoll

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Takuu, formerly known as Tauu and also known as Nukutoa, Mortlock Island, or Marqueen Island, is a small, isolated atoll off the east coast of Bougainville...

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Takuu language

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Autonomous Region of Bougainville

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the Dutch explorers Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire, who glimpsed Takuu Atoll and Nissan Island in 1616. British naval officer Philip Carteret saw...

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Indigenous peoples of Oceania

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Bougainville Island

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of central and south Bougainville. On the nearby Takuu Atoll a Polynesian language is spoken, Takuu. The Papuan languages are confined to the main island...

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Atlas of Remote Islands

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Pukapukan language

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Mortlock Islands

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a group of three large atolls in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia Takuu Atoll, a Polynesian outlier atoll northeast of Bougainville...

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History of Bougainville

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were the first Europeans to sight present-day Bougainville, skirting Takuu Atoll and Nissan Island in 1616. In 1643, another Dutch expedition led by Abel...

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Polynesian languages

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States of Micronesia) Nukuria (Nuguria in eastern Papua New Guinea) Takuu (Takuu Atoll in eastern Papua New Guinea) Nukumanu (Nukumanu in the east of Papua...

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Taku

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Nomoi Islands

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Ontong Java language

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closely related to the Ellicean languages of Polynesia and to Sikaiana, Takuu, and Nukumanu in Papua New Guinea. The phoneme inventory of this language...

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157th meridian east

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700°S 157.000°E / -4.700; 157.000 (Papua New Guinea)  Papua New Guinea Takuu atoll 4°48′S 157°0′E / 4.800°S 157.000°E / -4.800; 157.000 (Pacific Ocean)...

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Nukuria language

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to other nearby languages such as Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuoro, and Luangiua. Research on the Nuguria Atoll and the language itself is scarce; past research...

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Marshallese language

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'Ailuk Atoll' Arn‌̧o [ɑnnˠɔ], 'Arno Atoll' Aur [ɑurˠ], 'Aur Atoll' Ādkup [ærʲ(u)ɡʷupʲ], 'Erikub Atoll' Bokaak or Bok-ak [pˠɔɡwɑːk], 'Bokak (Taongi) Atoll' Jāmo̧...

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Polynesian outlier

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Kapingamarangi and Nukuoro. Papua New Guinea has three: Nuguria, Nukumanu, and Takuu. The country with the most outlier cultures is the Solomon Islands, with...

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Tuamotuan language

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(especially those from the Western atolls) are bilingual, speaking both Paʻumotu and Tahitian. Many young Pa‘umotu who live on atolls nearer to Tahiti speak only...

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Torlesse Islands

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Nguluwan language

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Panasesa Island

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Ngatikese language

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Namonuito language

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language of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is spoken on Namonuito Atoll. Namonuito at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...

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Mapia language

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Micronesian language spoken in Indonesia, now extinct. It was spoken on Mapia Atoll, 180 km north of the coast of New Guinea, part of Supiori Regency. The population...

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Nukuoro language

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on Nukuoro Atoll and on Pohnpei, two islands of Pohnpei State within the Federated States of Micronesia. Nukuoro is a remote coral atoll with a population...

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Polynesia

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Pocklington Reef

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Engineer Islands

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