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 left:ISS002-E-6429 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Nanumea The atoll consists of three larger and some small islets, which together comprise a land area of 3,87 km sq, Lakena in the northwest (above left), Temotufoliki and Nanumea in the east (right). The lagoon in the island's centre is divided into two halfs in its middle by a small band of land, here lay two small islets, Teatua a Taepoa and Lefogaki. |
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| above: A beach on Nanumea, the coastline was heaped up and fortified with coral blocks to support the island against irruptive waves. Photo: Angela K. Keppler http://www.pbif.org |
| Flora of Nanumea (incomplete) (green = pictures) Asplenium nidus, Barringtonia asiatica, Calophyllum inophyllum, Cocos nucifera, Guettarda speciosa, Heliotropium foertherianum, Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Microsorum grossum, Neisosperma oppositifolia, Pandanus tectorius, Pisonia grandis, Scaevola taccada, Thespesia populnea, Ximenia americana |
| Referenzen: - K. A. Rogers: 'Occurence of phosphate rock and associated soils in Tuvalu, Central Pacific' |