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  Manuae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Manuae is an uninhabited atoll in the southern group of the Cook Islands 100 kilometres south-east of Aitutaki.
Manuae is a true atoll sitting on the peak of a submerged volcano which descends 4000 metres to the ocean bed.
The island is a marine park and is an important breeding ground for seabirds and marine turtles in the Central Pacific.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manuae   (286 words)

  
 Aitutaki and Manuae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Manuae Island is an uninhabited atoll about 50 kilometres southeast of Aitutaki.
Manuae comprises two main islets (Motu Manuae and Motu Te Au Otu) and a lagoon area extending approximately 7 km x 4 km.
Manuae lagoon is shallow and subject to large shifting sand banks.
www.spc.org.nc /Coastfish/countries/CookIslands/MMR2/Aitutaki.htm   (1462 words)

  
 Cook Islands - Manuae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Located 100 km to the southeast of Aitutaki, Manuae is an uninhabited atoll of the Southern Cook Islands.
The formation consists of two islands: Manuae on the west side of the lagoon and Te Au O Tu in the east, with a combined area of 6.2 km².
13 km to the west of Manuae, the submarine feature known as the Astronomers Bank rises to within 300 m of the ocean surface.
www.oceandots.com /pacific/cook/manuae.htm   (124 words)

  
 The Amadis Project
Manuae is located about 100km south east of Aitutaki.
It is composed of 2 main coral islets (Motu Manuae and Motu Te Au Out) and a lagoonal area in between of approximately 28 km2.
The offshore fishing ground of Manuae is known by the Aitutaki people to be rich and therefore, some fishing trips are organised there.
www.theamadisproject.co.uk /Research/cookislands.htm   (1082 words)

  
 Mamanuca Islands Travel, Vacation & Holiday Guide - Cook.Islands-Beaches.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
There are two horseshoe-shaped islets, Manuae and Te Au O Tu with a total area of 6 square kilometres on opposite sides of a shallow lagoon about 4 km x 7 km, and subject to large shifting sand banks.
Manuae sits on the peak of a submerged volcano which descends 4000 metres to the ocean bed.
Manuae Beach - beautifull beach overlooking the small uninhabited atoll.
www.cook.islands-beaches.com /manuae/index.cfm   (155 words)

  
 Protected Areas Programme -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Of the nine islands of the Southern Group, Palmerston and Manuae are typical atolls, Aitutaki is an "almost atoll" with a central volcanic cone rising to 119 m, and Takutea is a tiny sand cay on a coral foundation.
All of the islands are inhabited except Suwarrow in the Northern Group and Manuae and Takutea in the Southern Group.
Palmerston Atoll, Manuae Atoll and Takutea Island in the Southern Group and most of the islands in the Northern Group are amongst the most important breeding areas for seabirds and marine turtles in the Central Pacific.
www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/pacific/wetlands/cok_intro.htm   (1989 words)

  
 KiaOrana.com | Manuae
MANUAE - A small uninhabited atoll containing two islands and a lagoon.
Named originally by Captain Cook as Harvey's Isle and to this day is still referred to as Hervey's Island by locals.
Nasa has updated their databases to reflect and make more clear which island is in the Society Islands and which is a Cook Island.
www.kiaorana.com /manuae.html   (270 words)

  
 Manuae, Cook Islands
The atoll is formed by two horseshoe-shape islands, Manuae and Auoto (or Te-Au-O-Tu), separated from one another by a lagoon.
The islands and the lagoon are surrounded by a continuous coral reef.
Of the two islands only Manuae - an island of coconut plantations - has a permanent, if fluctuating, population.
www.planetware.com /south-islands/manuae-cok-cok-man.htm   (202 words)

  
 EVS-Islands: Manuae Atoll CW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Manuae Atoll (Hervey Islands) (19˚21'S., 158˚56'W.) consists of Te-Au-o-Tu, a small island on the E side of a lagoon, and Manuae, a small island on the W side of a lagoon.
A coral reef surrounds the atoll and there is no passage through the reef.
There is no safe anchorage, but with offshore or light winds, temporary anchorage can be found off the NW side of Manuae, in 16 to 22m, about 0.1 mile off the reef.
evs-islands.blogspot.com /2006/04/manuae-atoll-cw.html   (355 words)

  
 Beach Around the World: Cook Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The total land area of the country is 240 square kilometres, while the Cook Islands' exclusive economic zone covers a maritime area of nearly 2 million square kilometres.
The Southern Group, comprising Rarotonga (the main island), Aitutaki, Atiu, Mangaia, Manuae, Mauke, Mitiaro, Palmerston and Takutea, are mostly of high volcanic formation (up to 652 metres on Rarotonga) with fertile soils and lush tropical vegetation.
The exceptions are the small atolls of Manuae and Palmerston are small atolls, while Takutea, is a sandy key.
beach-around-the-world.blogspot.com /2006/02/cook-islands.html   (268 words)

  
 EVS-Islands: Atoll Manuae FP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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Atoll Manuae (Fenua Ura) (16˚32'S., 154˚41'W.) is the farthest W of Iles de la Societe.
The reef encircling the lagoon is about 7 miles long NNW-SSE and about 5 to 6 miles wide.
evs-islands.blogspot.com /2006/03/atoll-manuae-fp.html   (390 words)

  
 ISLAND TERRITORIES - COOK ISLANDS - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Takutea and Manuae are small atolls (302 and 1,524 acres respectively) which are planted in coconuts and worked as plantations.
The population of the group increased by a startling 10·1 per cent in the five years between the censuses of 1956 and 1961.
Over 84 per cent of the total population live in the southern islands and more than 47 per cent of all Cook Islanders live on Rarotonga, where there is a population density of over 300 people to the square mile.
www.teara.govt.nz /1966/I/IslandTerritories/CookIslands/en   (3087 words)

  
 Latitude 38 Letters - December 2005
However, it appears that the chart you published on page 123 is of a different Manuae Atoll than the one they struck.
Manuae Atoll (Scilly Island) is the most westward atoll in French Polynesia, and has a dangerous submerged reef on its south and west sides - presumably on which the Emerald Jane came to grief.
The other Manuae Atoll (Hervey Island), which was erroneously charted in the Latitude article, lies several hundred miles southwest, and is part of the Cook Islands.
www.latitude38.com /letters/200512.htm   (15933 words)

  
 Leeward Island - Air Tahiti Magazine on-board magazine of the airplane company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The nine Leeward Islands are from east to west, Huahine, Raiatea, Taha'a, Bora Bora, Tupai, Maupiti, Maupihaa, Motu One and Manuae.
The two other atolls, Manuae and Motu One, are directly dependent on the territorial administration.
Maupihaa (3.6 sq km) and Manuae (4 sq km) were discovered by Wallis in 1767.
www.airtahitimagazine.com /us_version/tahiti_mag.asp?num=39&art=2   (1398 words)

  
 WhaleResearch.org :: Centre for Cetacean Research & Conservation :: Humpback & Beaked Whale Research :: ...
Efforts are underway to retrieve the skeletons from isolated Manuae, which have tentatively been identified as Ziphius cavirostris from photographs taken by visiting fishermen.
A tooth was collected from one of the Manuae whales in 1998.
Shavings from this tooth and from the teeth of the two Rarotonga whales have been analyzed to definitively identify the species using molecular genetic techniques by associates at the University of Auckland.
www.whaleresearch.org /wa_beakedwhalesurvey.htm   (407 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Dark passage
Villagers from the island of Manuae raced across the lagoon to reach the reef where the Silverwoods' catamaran crashed.
A day after they left Raiatea, sailing at the western end of French Polynesia, they hit Manuae, a small circular reef with a lagoon in the middle and a spit of land on one side, dotted by coconut palms.
If they had crossed their arms overhead, in the shape of an X, the crew in the jet would have understood that someone needed immediate medical care.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20051219-9999-lz1c19wreck.html   (3697 words)

  
 Cook Islands - Manuae
Manuae, Cook Islands is an uninhabited atoll in the South Pacific Ocean.
The larger island is called Te Au O Tu and the smaller island is called Manuae.
Information and images are licensed from World66.com under, and are hereby subject to, the
www.cook-islands-view.com /Manuae-96.html   (61 words)

  
 Cook Islands (Polynesia)
There are first class resorts, reef protected bays in which to snorkel, swim and sail and local bus transport which encircles the island every forty-five minutes.
The southern group also has Manuae a marine reserve with only a caretaker and Takutea, another uninhabited island which is a bird sanctuary but there are no regular flights to either of these islands.
In the 1770s Captain James Cook made contact with Atiu, Mangaia, Manuae, Palmerston and Takutea which he called the Hervey Islands.
www.janeresture.com /cookislands/main.htm   (1754 words)

  
 COOK ISLANDS
Mitiaro (22 sqkm), Atiu (27 sqkm), Mauke (18 sqkm) and Mangaia (52 sqkm) are uplifted atolls with a raised corall reef called "makatea" enclosing the hilly remains of the volcano at the center.
Suwarrow (0,4 sqkm), Rakahanga (4,1 sqkm), Manihiki (5,4 sqkm), Puka Puka (5,1 sqkm), Manuae (6,1 sqkm), Penrhyn (9,8 sqkm) and Palmerston (2 sqkm) are typical atolls with a lagoon.
The Cook Islands are a self-governing parliamentary democracy in free association with New Zealand.
www.colonialvoyage.com /viaggi/cook.html   (260 words)

  
 Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Cook Islands tropical moist forests (OC0103)
These forests are some of the best remaining examples of primary montane rain and cloud forest in Eastern Polynesia.
Palmerston and Manuae are atolls, while Takutea is a small table reef.
Between 1870 and 1965, the African ant (Pheidole megacephala) caused extinction of 11 of the 13 endemic snail species on Rarotonga (Fitter 1986).
www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/oc/oc0103_full.html   (1775 words)

  
 APCEDI Asia-Pacific Disaster Alerts: APCEDI ALERT 09F/08F #12, 2005: DUAL CYCLONES NANCY AND OLAF START DESTRUCTIVE ...
Cyclone Nancy has caused damage on Aitutake and is now affecting the island of Manuae, Takutea and Atiu in the Southern Cooks.
Continuation of this southerly movement will likely bring the storm to about 60 miles (95 km) east of Rarotonga, which has already had significant damage from Cyclone Meena a few weeks ago.
Manuae, Takutea and Atiu will also be very close to the centre of the storm.
www.afap.org /apcedi/2005/02/apcedi-alert-09f08f-12-2005-dual.html   (2486 words)

  
 Noonsite: Cook Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Northern Group are the low coral atolls of Penrhyn, Manihiki, Rakahanga, Pukapuka, Nassau and Suwarrow, which is a national park.
Also part of the Cooks are the atolls of Manuae, Takutea and Palmerston Island.
As most yachts sail to the Cook Islands from the east, a good time to plan one's passage is after the 14 July celebrations in Tahiti are over, as the first week of August is the time when the Cooks put on their own festivities around Independence Day.
www.noonsite.com /Countries/CookIslands   (312 words)

  
 Southern Group Travel Information, Cook Islands, South Pacific Islands - Jasons Travel Channel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
About 4002 people live on the outer islands of the Southern Group.
This uninhabited island lies 102km south-east of Aitutaki and is the only true atoll in the southern Cook Islands.
Sitting on the peak of a submerged volcano, it consists of two horseshoe-shaped islets, Manuae and Te Au O Tu, and covers an area of 6sq km.
www.jasons.com /001669,,,,,PG,1,0.mel   (634 words)

  
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 LESS KNOW SOCIETY ISLANDS, French Polynesia: Maiao, Tupai, Tetiaroa, Mehetia, Maupihaa, Manuae, Motu One. POLYNÉSIE ...
LESS KNOW SOCIETY ISLANDS, French Polynesia: Maiao, Tupai, Tetiaroa, Mehetia, Maupihaa, Manuae, Motu One.
MAIAO, TUPAI, TETIAROA, MEHETIA, MAUPIHAA, MANUAE, MOTU ONE
Map showing the position of Tupai, Maiao, Tetiaroa and Mehetia.
www.colonialvoyage.com /viaggi/pfsocietyother.html   (353 words)

  
 Jetsave Travel Accommodation Guide to the Cook Islands, South Pacific
The 15 islands of the Cook Islands are scattered over two million square miles of the South Pacific Ocean.
Eight islands from the Southern Group: Aitutaki, Manuae, Mitiaro, Takutea, Atiu, Mauke, Mangaia, and the capital, Rarotonga.
The two atolls of Takutea and Manuae are uninhabited and are reached only by boat by its trustees.
www.jetsave.co.ck /outerisl.htm   (773 words)

  
 APCEDI Asia-Pacific Disaster Alerts: APCEDI ALERT 09F/08F #9, 2005: Dual Cyclones Nancy and Olaf Still ...
FOR AITUTAKI, MANUAE, ATIU, MITIARO, MAUKE AND NEARBY SMALLER ISLANDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS GUSTING 40 KNOTS, INCREASING TO DAMAGING GALE FORCE WINDS 35 TO 40 KNOTS GUSTING 65 KNOTS THIS EVENING.
A southerly turn is still predicted, but now if that should happen as forecast, it will bring the storm over or near Aitutake, Manuae, Takutea and Rarotonga.
How each island or atoll fairs will depend on the timing of the forecasted southerly turn.
www.afap.org /apcedi/2005/02/apcedi-alert-09f08f-9-2005-dual.html   (2054 words)

  
 About The Cook Islands
The northern groups consists of five atolls; Penrhyn, Manihiki, Pukapuka, Rakahanga, Suwarrow and one cay (bank of coral), named Nassau.
The southern group is made up of nine mainly high raised islands with three real atolls; Mangaia, Atiu, Mitiaro, Mauke, Aitutaki, Manuae, Palmerston, Takutea and the only volcanic mountainous island, Rarotonga.
Avarua, the capital, is located on the island of Rarotonga
www.volunteerincookislands.org /coinfo.htm   (2220 words)

  
 Cook Islands
The northern group includes Manihiki, Nassau, Penrhyn, Pukapuka, Rakahanga, and Suwarrow Islands.
The southern group includes Aitutaki, Atiu, Mangaia, Manuae, Mauke, Mitiaro, and Rarotonga Islands.
Palmerston Atoll, which is relatively isolated, has sometimes been classed with either group.
www.statoids.com /uck.html   (158 words)

  
 KiaOrana.org | Preserve Paradise | Home
In 1773, Captain James Cook sighted Manuae atoll which he named Hervey Island.
On a later voyage he discovered Palmerston, Takutea, Mangaia, and Atiu.
To learn more about the Cook Islands visit KiaOrana.com
kiaorana.org   (150 words)

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