Nukapu
{{Short description|Island in Temotu Province, Solomon Islands}}
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| name = Nukapu
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| image_name = Nukapu (ISS002-E-6388).jpg
| image_caption = NASA picture of Nukapu
| area_km2 =0.7
| location = South Pacific Ocean
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| map = Solomon Islands
| archipelago = Reef Islands
| country = {{SOL}}
| country_admin_divisions_title = Province
| country_admin_divisions = Temotu Province
| highest_mount =
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| population = 100 (2009)
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Nukapu is one of the islands of the nation of Solomon Islands. It is in the Reef Islands group in Temotu Province; the easternmost province of the Solomons.{{cite web |title=Nukapu Island: Solomon Islands |url=https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-2206526&fid=754&c=solomon_islands |website=Geographic |publisher=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |access-date=26 June 2018}}{{cite web |title=Beach at landing-place, Nukapu Island |url=http://www.solomonencyclopaedia.net/objects/D00000877.htm |website=Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia 1893-1978 |access-date=26 June 2018}}{{cite web |title=Nukapu Island |url=https://mapcarta.com/16702826 |website=Mapcarta |access-date=26 June 2018}} The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 15 metres.{{cite web |title=Nukapu Island |url=http://sb.geoview.info/nukapu_island,2178574 |website=Geoview |access-date=26 June 2018}}
The island contains a memorial to Bishop John Patteson who was murdered on Nukapu in 1871.
Population
As of 2009, the local population was 100 people. The language spoken on Nukapu is Pileni, a member of the Polynesian language family. Pileni is also spoken on the islands of Pileni, Nupani, Nifiloli, Aua and Matema Island of the Reef Islands, as well as in the Taumako Islands (also known as the Duff Islands), some 200 miles to the east. Speakers are thought to be descendants of people from Tuvalu.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://solomonislands.com.sb/nukapu.html Nukapu on the Solomon Islands]
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{{Islands of the Solomon Islands}}
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Category:Islands of the Solomon Islands
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