Atiu
Also known as Enuamanu, Wateeo, Vatiu, Atiu Island
Ātiu, also known as ʻEnuamanu (meaning land of the birds), is an island of the Cook Islands archipelago, lying in the central-southern Pacific Ocean. Part of the Nga-pu-Toru, it is northeast of Rarotonga. The population of the island has dropped by two-thirds in the last 50 years.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Atiu
- Islands.image_name
- Atiu Aerial.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Satellite Image of Atiu
- Islands.image_size
- 270px
- Islands.area_km2
- 26.9
- Islands.location
- Central-Southern Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Cook Islands
- Islands.country
- Cook Islands
- Islands.population
- 434 (2016)
- Islands.ethnic_groups
- Polynesian
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 570
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Ātiu, also known as ʻEnuamanu (meaning land of the birds), is an island of the Cook Islands archipelago, lying in the central-southern Pacific Ocean. Part of the Nga-pu-Toru, it is northeast of Rarotonga. The population of the island has dropped by two-thirds in the last 50 years.
==Geography== thumb|right|Lake Tiroto, on Atiu Island Atiu is a raised volcanic island surrounded by a reef from which rise cliffs of fossilized coral (makatea). The makatea cliff forms a ring round the island, creating a virtual plateau. Erosion of the inside of the ring has formed a dip of about into fertile land, which gradually rises again to a central flat-topped hill. The low swampy land consists of taro plantations, marshes and a lake, Tiroto. This fertile area also grows bananas, citrus fruits, pawpaws, breadfruit and coconuts.
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