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<td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:0;"> Satellitenbild des Funafuti-Atolls mit Fuafatu am linken Rand.
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<td><b>Gewässer</b>
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<td><a href="Pazifischer_Ozean" title="Pazifischer Ozean">Pazifischer Ozean</a>
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<td><b>Inselgruppe</b>
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<td><a href="Funafuti" title="Funafuti">Funafuti</a>
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<td><a href="World_Geodetic_System_1984" title="World Geodetic System 1984">Geographische Lage</a>
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<td><span id="Fuafatu" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:-8.5111111111111,179.03722222222"><span title="Breitengrad">8° 31′ <abbr title="Süd">S</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">179° 2′ <abbr title="Ost">O</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">-8.5111111111111</span><span class="longitude">179.03722222222</span><span class="elevation"></span></span>
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</p><p><b>Fuafatu</b> ist eine <a href="Motu_(Insel)" title="Motu (Insel)">Riffinsel</a> im Riffsaum des <a href="Atoll" title="Atoll">Atolls</a> <a href="Funafuti" title="Funafuti">Funafuti</a>, <a href="Tuvalu" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a>, etwa 9 km nördlich von <a href="Tefala" title="Tefala">Tefala</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TIFun_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIFun-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographie">Geographie</h2></div>
<p>Die Insel bildet die westlichste Spitze des Atolls. Sie hat in etwa die Form einer „6“.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sie liegt im Schutzgebiet <a href="Funafuti_Conservation_Area" title="Funafuti Conservation Area">Funafuti Conservation Area</a>, welches 1996 gegründet wurde mit dem Ziel die lokale Natur zu erhalten.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Im Westen ist das Riff <i>Te Akau Fuafatu</i> vorgelagert und zwischen dem Riff und der Insel gibt es einen Ankerplatz. Etwa drei Kilometer südöstlich verläuft der Kanal Te Ava Fuagea (<span id="Te_Ava_Fuagea" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:-8.5486111111111,179.04833333333"><span title="Te Ava Fuagea">⊙</span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">-8.5486111111111</span><span class="longitude">179.04833333333</span><span class="elevation"></span></span>, auch: Ava Amelia, Fuagea Deep Pass<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). Die tiefe und schmale Passage ist bis zu 18,3 m tief und 160 m breit und bildet die deutlichste Trennung vom südlichen Teil des <a href="Atoll" title="Atoll">Atolls</a>. Eine weitere, seichtere Passage zwischen dieser Marke und der Insel ist Te Ava Papa (<span id="Te_Ava_Papa" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:-8.5336111111111,179.0475"><span title="Te Ava Papa">⊙</span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">-8.5336111111111</span><span class="longitude">179.0475</span><span class="elevation"></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) und nach Nordosten trennt die Passage Te Ava Kumkum (<span id="Te_Ava_Kumkum" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:-8.4863888888889,179.05805555556"><span title="Te Ava Kumkum">⊙</span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">-8.4863888888889</span><span class="longitude">179.05805555556</span><span class="elevation"></span></span>, auch: Kumkum Minor Pass<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) mit dem Inselchen <a href="Fualopa" title="Fualopa">Fualopa</a> das Gebiet vom Rest des Riffes. Die nächstliegende Insel im Südosten ist <a href="Vasafua" title="Vasafua">Vasafua</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ANC_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANC-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-TIFun-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-TIFun_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tuvaluislands.com/maps/m-funafuti1.htm">Landkarte</a> bei Tuvaluislands.com.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="book"><cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic">Sailing directions for the Pacific islands, Volume 3</cite>. United States Hydrographic Office, 1952, <span style="white-space:nowrap">S.<span style="display:inline-block;width:.2em"> </span>287</span> (englisch).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Fuafatu&rft.btitle=Sailing+directions+for+the+Pacific+islands%2C+Volume+3&rft.date=1952&rft.genre=book&rft.pages=287&rft.pub=United+States+Hydrographic+Office" style="display:none"> </span></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geonames.org/2110392/fuafatu.html">geonames.org</a>.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tuvaluislands.com/islands/funafuti_kogatapu.html">Kogatabu Funafuti Conservation Area</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geonames.org/2110389/fuagea-deep-pass.html">Te Ava Fuagea</a> bei geonames.org.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geonames.org/2110389/2110335/papa-pass.html">Te Ava Papa</a> bei geonames.org.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geonames.org/2110376/kumkum-minor-pass.html">Te Ava Kumkum</a> bei geonames.org.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-ANC-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-ANC_8-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Admiralty Nautical Chart 2983 Tuvalu - Funafuti atoll. United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO).</span>
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