ʻAta
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12 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Myths
- History
- Slavers and evacuation
- Tongan castaways {{anchor|Tongan_castaways_anchor}}
- Possible resettlement
- Ecology
- Fauna
- Flora
- References
- Further reading
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Ata is a depopulated island in the far southern end of the Tonga archipelago, situated approximately south-southwest of Tongatapu.
It is distinct from Atā, an uninhabited, low coral island in the string of small atolls along the Piha passage along the north side of Tongatapu. An unrelated traditional chiefly title from Kolovai is "Ata". Although superficially spelled in similar ways, Ata means reflection in Tongan; Ata means dawn and is the title of a chief; and Atā means more room or expanding.
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1500s establishments1863 disestablishments in OceaniaForcibly depopulated communitiesFormer populated places in OceaniaHistory of TongaPopulated places disestablished in 1863Populated places established in the 1500sPopulated places established in the 4th century BCTongan mythologyUninhabited islands of Tonga