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'Anuta' is a small high island in the southeastern part of the Solomon Islands province of Temotu.

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Description

People and culture

See also

References

External Links

Description

The island lies about 500 km (300 mi.) to the east-southeast of Nendo, at 11°36'39.00" S lat., 169°51'1.00" E. long.
It is a small volcanic island with a fringing coral reef. The highest point on the island is 65 m (213 ft) above sea level. The island is quite small, its diameter being only about 750 m (½ mile).

People and culture

The island's population is about 250. Historically, some of its inhabitants have used the small island of Fatutaka, about 60 km (37.5 mi.) to the southeast, as a gardening location.
Like (relatively) nearby Tikopia, and unlike the majority of the population of the Solomon Islands who are Melanesians, the islanders of Anuta are Polynesians, and their language is a member of the Samoic branch of the Polynesian languages.
The islanders were joined by adventurer Bruce Parry in the TV series Tribe.

See also

★ Pacific Islands

★ Pacific Ocean

★ Polynesian outlier

References

★ Feinberg, R (1986) ''The 'Anuta Problem': Local Sovereignty and National Integration in the Solomon Islands'', Man 21(3), 438-452

External Links

★ http://www.barcapulita.org/Spedizione%202005.html

★ http://www.barcapulita.org/Spedizione.html