Manuae (Cook Islands)

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Manuae is about 28 km ² atoll in the southern group of the Cook Islands; It is located 300 km northeast of the main island of Rarotonga.

Geography

The atoll consists of two flat, uninhabited islands, Manuae, the eponym of the atoll, and Te Au O Tu, together with a land area of about 6 square kilometers, which are separated only by a lagoon enclosed by a coral reef. The western island, Manuae, measures 2.1 km ² and the larger island of Te Au O Tu 3.9 km ². The lagoon is 13 km ² in size and shallow. Strictly speaking, the two islands are the only visible at the ocean surface parts of a vast undersea volcanic cone which rises from about 4000 m water depth and 56 km from east to west and from north to south 24 km is large.

History

Manuae was discovered on 23 September 1773 by the English navigator James Cook and is therefore one of the first islands sighted Cook on his voyages of discovery in this area. He named the atoll originally Sandwich Iceland, after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. Cook changed this name later after the then Lord of the Admiralty in Hervey Iceland, the island group was consequently renamed the Hervey Islands, as he was called Sandwich Islands on the islands of Hawaii.

Beginning of the 19th century called the Russian researchers Krusenstern the Hervey Islands - in honor of James Cook - " Cook Islands ". Then the atoll got its current name.

Others

Manuae is now a protected nature reserve and an important breeding area for seabirds in the Pacific -based and sea turtles. Only researchers and professional nature filmmakers will be allowed a short visit; Tourists do not have permission.

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