Kelefesia
{{Short description|Island in Tonga}}
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| location = South Pacific
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Kelefesia (also: Falafagea, Fallafajea, Kelifijia) is an island in the Haʻapai Archipelago, that belongs to the Kingdom of Tonga.{{cite book |title=Gazetteer - United States Board on Geographic Names: Official Standard Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names |date=1956 |publisher=U.S. Army Topographic Command, Geographic Names Division. |page=362 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GcACh8BT4w8C&dq=kelefesia+island+tonga&pg=PA362 |access-date=6 July 2023 |language=en}} Among neighboring islands are Nukutula, Nomuka, Tonumea, Fonoifua, Telekitonga, Fetokopunga, Nukufaiau.
Geography
The island is located in the south of Muʻomuʻa district and is the southernmost island of the Nomuka islands group. Together with Hunga Tonga, it is also the southernmost island of the Haʻapai group at the transition to Tongatapu.{{cite web |title=Kelefesia |url=https://www.geonames.org/4032576/kelefesia-island.html |publisher=geonames.org |access-date=6 July 2023}} The island has about the shape of a hatchet leaf and is surrounded by diverse coral reefs. The island area is 32 acres.{{cite web |title=Kelefesia Island - Tonga, South Pacific - Private Islands |url=https://www.privateislandsonline.com/south-pacific/tonga/kelefesia-island |publisher=privateislandsonline.com |access-date=6 July 2023}}
Climate
The climate is tropical, but it is tempered by constantly blowing winds. Like the other islands of the Ha'apai group, Kelefesia is occasionally hit by cyclones.
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