- Vavau redirects here. For the village in Samoa, see Vavau, Samoa
Vavaʻu is an island chain of one large island and 40 smaller ones in Tonga. Vavau is a small village on the Samoan island of Upolu. It is located close to the south coast eastern end of the island The Kingdom of Tonga is an Archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands 36 of them inhabited stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles According to tradition Maui fished both Tongatapu and Vavaʻu but put a little more effort into the former. In Tonga Maui drew up the Tongan Islands from the deep first appeared {{okina}}Ata, then Tonga then Lofaga and the other Haapai Islands and finally Vavau Tongatapu is the main island of Tonga and the location of the capital Nuku{{okina}}alofa. Vavaʻu rises 204 meters above sea level. The capital is Neiafu, which is the second largest city in Tonga, situated at one of the best harbours of the world, the Port of Refuge (Puatalefusi or Lolo-ʻa-Halaevalu). Neiafu is the second-largest town in Tonga with a population of about 6000 The Kingdom of Tonga is an Archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands 36 of them inhabited stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles
Vavaʻu is a prime fishing destination with its beautiful harbour and untouched seas.
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History
Don Francisco Antonio Mourelle was the first European to come to Vavaʻu, in February 1781. Francisco Antonio Mourelle de la Rúa (1755 &ndash May 24, 1820) was a Spanish naval officer and Explorer. Captain James Cook knew about the island a decennium before, but the people in Haʻapai told him it would be no good for him to go there as there was no harbour. Captain James Cook FRS RN ( – 14 February 1779) was an English Explorer, Navigator and Haapai is a group of Islands Islets Reefs and Shoals in the central part of the Kingdom of Tonga, with the Tongatapu group Apparently they did not want him to come. And Cook heeded their advice.
But Mourelle found excellent anchoring, of which he was in desperate need after having failed on Fonualei (Bitterness island) and Late, and he gave the spot the name Port of Refuge. Late Island is an uninhabited volcanic Island southwest of Vava{{okina}}u in the kingdom of Tonga. But his original Port of Refuge was the bay on the west coast of the main island, near Longomapu.
In 1793 Alessandro Malaspina visited for a month, following up on Maurelle and claiming the islands for Spain. Alessandro Malaspina (also spelled Alexandro and Alejandro; November 5, 1754 - April 9, 1810) was an Italian
Tuʻi Tonga George Tupou I instituted the Vavaʻu Code in Vavaʻu in 1839. jkdlfalfjkj kiera germany dsaklfalfjkaskj The Tui Tonga is a line of Tongan kings which originated in the 10th century with the mythical {{okina}}Aho{{okina}}eitu George Tupou I King of Tonga, originally known as Tāufaāhau I with some extra names Tupou Maeakafaua Ngininginiofolanga (in modern spelling originally Tubou The Vava'u Code was instituted in Vava'u, Tonga in 1839 by Tu'i Tonga ( King) George Tupou I. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common
New island
In 2006, eruptions of the previously submarine volcano Home Reef caused it to rise above sea level, forming a new island to the southwest of the Vavaʻu archipelago. Neiafu is a Market and shopping centre on Vava'u, Tonga. Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the Home Reef is an Ephemeral Island built by a Submarine volcano whose top has repeatedly breached the surface and was subsequently eroded by wave action
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References
- D. The 2006 Tonga Earthquake occurred on 4 May 2006 at 0426 local time ( 3 May 2006 at 1526 UTC Gerstle; Gentle people, into the heart of Vavaʻu 1781-1973; Tofua press 1973
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