Funafala

Funafala is an islet of Funafuti,[1][2] Tuvalu that is inhabited by five families, with a church also located on the islet.[3] Funafala means 'the pandanus of Funa', the name of a chief, after whom also the group has been named Funafuti.[4]

  1. ^ Admiralty Nautical Chart 2983 Tuvalu - Funafuti atoll. United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO).
  2. ^ Lal, Andrick. South Pacific Sea Level & Climate Monitoring Project - Funafuti atoll (PDF). SPC Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC Division of SPC). pp. 60–63 & 65–68 & 73–76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-03.
  3. ^ Needham, Guy (2 May 2017). "Tuvalu: Where the sky meets the sea". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  4. ^ Hedley, Charles (1896). General account of the Atoll of Funafuti (PDF). Australian Museum Memoir 3(2): 1–72. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2013-09-28.