Atiu
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Ātiu, also known as ʻEnuamanu, is an island of the Cook Islands archipelago, lying in the central-southern Pacific Ocean. Part of the Nga-pu-Toru, it is 214 km northeast of Rarotonga. The population o
Lake Tiroto, on Atiu Island
Kopeka (Atiu swiftlet)
Kopeka (Atiu swiftlet)
Mitiaro
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Mitiʻāro, the fourth island in the Cook Islands group, is of volcanic origin. Standing in water 14,750 feet deep it is four miles across at its widest point.
Atiu
…Nuku-kere-i-manu, as well as a visit by the navigator Ruatapu. The island was unified in c.1760, and subsequently invaded and dominated neighbouring Mauke and Mitiaro. The first recorded European to arrive at Atiu was Captain Cook. He sighted the island on 31 March 1777, and made tentative contact with some of the…
Aerial photo of Mitiaro
Swamp on Mitiaro.