Tuvalu is a Polynesian nation in the central Pacific Ocean, north of Fiji and northwest of Samoa. The country consists of nine atolls and reefs having a total population of less than 12,000. Funafuti atoll is the capital. Colonized by the British as the Ellice Islands in 1892, Tuvalu became part of the colony known as the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in 1916. Following a 1974 referendum the two halves of the colony parted ways, with the Gilbert Islands becoming Kiribati and the Ellice Islands becoming independent as Tuvalu in 1978. Navigational aids are the responsibility of the Marine and Port Services Department. New Zealand has assisted with the installation of modern aids. Admiralty numbers are from volume K of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 111.
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Adjoining pages: Southeast: Samoa | South: Wallis and Futuna | Northwest: Kiribati
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Posted October 18, 2020. Checked and revised October 31, 2024. Lighthouses: 2. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.