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	Encyclopedia: Suwarrow
		Suwarrow is currently the subject of political battles because of plans by a Australian company to set up a fl pearl farming operation in its huge lagoon as well as a fishing venture.
		Suwarrow - over 500 miles from Rarotonga, is possibly the most isolated of all the Cook Islands.
		He remained in Suwarrow until March 1977 when he was found ill by the yacht "Feisty Lady" and later taken to Rarotonga to hospital.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Suwarrow (958 words)

	Cook Islands National Environment Service \| Protecting our Pacific Islands' Natural Resources \| Flora \| Fauna \| Water \| ...
		Suwarrow, the largest national park of the Cook Islands, is an uninhabited remote atoll situated in the Northern Cook Islands.
		Suwarrow became known around the world in the late 1960s through the exploits of New Zealander Tom Neale, who for decades called the island home before he died in 1977.
		Suwarrow lies in the hurricane belt and its creatures have to contend with occasional cyclones.
	www.environment.org.ck /suwarrow.htm (659 words)

	Suwarrow
		Suwarrow is an atoll with most of the land submerged forming a ring of scattered islands.
		He gives a green (unripe) coconut still in the husk a few whacks with the machete and presto it has a flat bottom and is open at the top.
		Almost everyday we were at Suwarrow I went snorkeling.
	members.aol.com /JerodiSys/paklog24.htm (2678 words)

	EMERALD
		Suwarrow is one of those few magic places that can only be reached by cruising yachts or service vessels from neighboring islands.
		In ten dives here, we found the most action with big pelagics to be in the middle of the Pass in the vicinity of South Reef, which sits in the middle of the tidal stream.
		Suwarrow Atoll is nearly completely encircled with a rim of pristine coral, which plunges down in a wall-like barrier to the abyssal plain.
	www.sailemerald.com /24101.html?sessionidkey=sessionidval (1425 words)

	Suwarrow Island - Cook Island Honeymoons and Cook Island Weddings. Cook Island Luxury Resorts. Cook Island Family ...
		At the southern extremity of the northern group of the Cook Islands is Suwarrow, a true atoll.
		Suwarrow is currently the subject of environmental impact investigations because of plans by a Hawaiian company to set up a fl pearl farming operation in its huge lagoon.
		There is some resistance to this from environmentalists both because of the likely impact on marine life of up to 100 workers taking up residence and because of a reduction in bio-diversity from the possible importation of pearl shell stock from Manihiki.
	www.cook-islands-escapes.com /suwarrow.html (681 words)

	Suwarrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Suwarrow is located at 13.14'40"S 163.06'15"W. It is an uninhabited island although there is a person stationed there at various times throughout the year as a keeper and immigration officer.
		Suwarrow atoll is home to thousands of seabirds (14 species including the endangered Bristle-Thighed Curlew), the endangered Green Sea Turtle and many coconut crabs (which are rare and becoming extinct on most islands of the Pacific).
		Furthermore, Suwarrow lies in the mid-range of the Cook Islands latitude and species from both northern and southern regions are found.
	www.spc.org.nc /coastfish/Countries/CookIslands/MMR/island_info/Suwarrow.htm (907 words)

	Environment News Service ENS Latest Environmental Information Education Current Issues RSS
		Suwarrow atoll lies over 800 kilometers (500 miles) from Rarotonga, the main island in the Cook Islands group.
		Suwarrow atoll is composed of a ring of even smaller points of land surrounding a lagoon in the center of the island.
		Suwarrow atoll was declared a national park in 1978.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/mar2001/2001-03-14-01.asp (824 words)

	Noonsite: 18: Suwarrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Suwarrow, named after a Russian military hero by the Russian explorer who first set eyes on it, is a typical Pacific atoll.
		The special affection in which Suwarrow is held by sailors is shown by the various plaques that have been left here over the years.
		She hadn’t been back to Suwarrow since her childhood and revisiting her father’s island was a very moving experience for her.
	www.noonsite.com /Members/doina/R2004-07-13-2 (1535 words)

	Zephyr - Log 2002 Suwarrow
		We had an easy passage; in fact, it was so calm for a couple of days that the reflection of stars on the water at night was disconcerting - you had to do a double take to make sure that none of the lights were from ships.
		Suwarrow is an atoll, or just a sunken island with an outer ring of reefs and motus enclosing a lagoon (like the Tuamotus).
		Now Suwarrow is a park, and during non-hurricane season there's a caretaker in residence.
	www.svzephyr.net /log2002suwarrow.htm (955 words)

	FW: Save Suwarrow Atoll (longish)
		John Suwarrow - Bird Island Under Threat Suwarrow is an uninhabited atoll situated in the northern Cook Islands, over 800 kms from Rarotonga.
		Suwarrow is an important seabird-breeding site not only for the Cook Islands, but also for the central Pacific and is significant in world terms.
		Development Plans for Suwarrow To help entice potential investors to Suwarrow, the Government in 1998 commissioned a Hawaiian company to draft an EIA based on proposed pearl farming development.
	bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au /archives/html/birding-aus/2001-03/msg00252.html (748 words)

	Cook Islands - Suwarrow
		Southernmost of the Northern Group, Suwarrow is located 950 km northwest of Rarotonga.
		The islets of Suwarrow have a combined area of just 1.68 km², making it the second smallest member of the Cook Islands in terms of land area after Takutea.
		Suwarrow is the first and only national park to have been created in the Cook Islands —; being dedicated in 1978.
	www.oceandots.com /pacific/cook/suwarrow.htm (178 words)

	Evolution Logbook * Suwarrow, Cook Islands
		Suwarrow is a small atoll located in the Northern Cook Islands.
		The name was later changed to Suwarrow so that it was more in tune with the Cook Islanders language.
		In the 1920s and 1930s Donald Ltd. ran Suwarrow as a copra (coconut) estate, until the island became infested with termites and the export of copra was prohibited.
	ameeaa.home.att.net /hp020_ELB.htm (540 words)

	Suwarrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Suwarrow (also called Suvorov or Suvarov) is a low coral atoll in the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
		It was uninhabited when discovered by the Russian ship "Suvorov", which reportedly followed clouds of birds to the island on September 17, 1814.
		During World War II, Robert Dean Frisbie and several coast watchers lived on the largest islet, Anchorage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Suwarrow (288 words)

	Lonely Planet's Guide to Cook Islands
		The atoll of Suwarrow is one of the best known in the Cook Islands due to a prolonged visit by one man: New Zealand author Tom Neale.
		Suwarrow is especially popular among yachties because it's one of the few atolls in the northern Cooks with an accessible lagoon.
		Although the lagoon is large, the islands of Suwarrow are very small and low-lying.
	webcenter.travel.netscape.com /travel/lonely_planet/australia_and_south_pacific/cook_islands/obt.html (339 words)

	Clare360.com The Cook Islands Update for Tiffany Devereux and Billy Devereux's Sailing Circumnavigation on board s/v ...
		Suwarrow's nearest neighbor is 700 nm away and can only be reached by seaplane or boat.
		Because Suwarrow is several hundred nm away from its closest neighbor, the problem is isolated.
		Suwarrow was a great destination, but with 3,000 nm to Australia, we always had our eye on the calendar.
	www.clare360.com /cook_update.htm (1321 words)

	surfbirds.com - Suwarrow Atoll, Cook Islands
		"Suwarrow Atoll deserves to be protected from commercial development to preserve its outstanding natural beauty and globally important biodiversity".
		Suwarrow is an uninhabited atoll situated in the northern Cook Islands, over 800 kilometres from the main island, Rarotonga.
		Although Suwarrow is uninhabited, it is a favourite stop-over for yachts sailing between French Polynesia and Samoa.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/news/cooks.html (671 words)

	The Two Captains - Logbook - Volume 128 - Suwarrow and the Cook Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		An atoll eleven miles across, Suwarrow is one of fifteen small islands belonging to the Cook Islands.
		Neale lived the hermit’s life on Suwarrow’s Anchorage Island from 1953 to 1978, charming the occasional yachties that found their way there, and thereby founding one of those nautical traditions that is irresistible to seafarers.
		During the ten days we stayed at Suwarrow, we saw John and Vero wear many hats: park warden; tour guide; custom and immigration official; teacher, and musician, but the one that fit most comfortably was that of host.
	www.thetwocaptains.com /logbook/121-130/128.html (1316 words)

	Mahina Expeditions
		Suwarrow Island was made famous by Tom Neale, a hermit who wrote "An Island to Myself" several years ago about the 20 years he spent alone on the island.
		Suwarrow's lagoon is famous for aggressive sharks, but we only saw a few during our snorkeling expedition through the pass and around the lagoon.
		After only a night at Suwarrow our crew were anxious for the bright lights of Pago Pago, so we set sail, arriving Saturday afternoon.
	www.mahina.com /5c97-11.html (1975 words)

	Black Pearls, Inc.
		This EIA assesses the feasibility of pearl farming in Suwarrow lagoon, recommends a preferred plan for development, outlines the likely impacts of this action, and describes means for reducing or mitigating these impacts.
		A Suwarrow Atoll National Park Management Plan is proposed as the cornerstone for future development and management of the atoll.
		The only competitive advantage Suwarrow enjoys is the potential for importation of oysters from the atoll of Manihiki, where pearl farming is already successful.
	www.blackpearlsinc.com /4_3.shtml (1695 words)

	KiaOrana.com \| Suwarrow (1 of 3)
		He never returned to Suwarrow and passed away in November 1977.
		Among his recommendations were that an official caretaker should be assigned to police passing 'yachties', a migratory bird sanctuary be established and supervised and that a permanent museum be erected and maintained by the government in order to have a permanent record of its history.
		The wardens on the island, Papa Ioane and Mareko Baker, were very hospitable to Stella Neale who recently returned to Suwarrow...
	kiaorana.com /suwarrow.html (328 words)

	Gumbo Ya-Ya \| Photos: Cook Islands
		Suwarrow is a wildlife refuge and bird sanctuary.
		This is Peter "Toto", one of the three residents of Suwarrow.
		And this is Papa John, the 70 year-old caretaker of Suwarrow and grandfather of Peter.
	www.gumboya-ya.com /cooks.html (322 words)

	Suwarrow Atoll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The atoll is a Cook Islands National Park and the caretakers were a family of five that called themselves The Suwarrow Five.
		We had heard earlier that the family had little in the way of creature comforts on the island and that supplies were very limited.
		We were all invited to a pot luck dinner a few nights later and we shared stories under the stars as we ate lobster and chocolate cake.
	www.nevermonday.com /Places/suwarrow.htm (239 words)

	Cook Islands Government Online
		Caretakers on Suwarrow have come up with their own unique way of getting rid of the coconut termite —They use paint.
		The insect pests are present on all the main motu (islands) in the Suwarrow group, Poeschko reports.
		The heaviest infestation she found was in the south-east of Anchorage, where several trees were infested to a height of about 15 metres.
	www.cook-islands.gov.ck /view_release.php?release_id=293 (377 words)

	Suwarrow - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Map of Cook Islands with Suwarrow near the middle
		This page was last modified 05:44, 9 December 2005.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Suwarrow contains research on
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Suwarrow (270 words)

	[PUP] Done Dreamin' 06/27/05: Suwarrow
		There were 17 on board their foundation sponsored “research ship for the study of sparsely populated areas of the world.” Now that is one of the best excuses I have ever heard to cruise the South Pacific.
		Suwarrow was definitely getting over populated with their arrival.
		His boss seemed pleased to hear from him and that all was fine on Suwarrow.
	lists.samurai.com /pipermail/passagemaking-under-power/2005-June/001242.html (692 words)

	We left French Polynesia on Friday, August 22 our destination being Suwarrow (or Survarov), a national park in the ...
		Suwarrow Atoll was discovered in 1814 by Russian explorer Mikhail Laserev and was named after his ship Suvarov.
		In a 600 mile radius around Suwarrow there is nothing but the deep blue water of the unobstructed Pacific Ocean.
		After sharing our story with several cruisers in Suwarrow and subsequent anchorages it seems that sharks are getting more aggressive toward humans and we have heard numerous stories of shark attacks.
	svinterlude2.home.mindspring.com /InterludeR11.htm (1752 words)

	Suwarrow Cook Islands Northern Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Suwarrow was described by Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson as "the most romantic island in the world".
		He read about Suwarrow in a book and when his ship stopped there in 1945 it was love at first sight.
		Although Suwarrow is part of the Cook Islands and administered as such, it is deemed to be Crown Land which means Her Majesty the Queen (Queen Elizabeth II) is the owner.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /jwroberts/suwarrow.html (465 words)

	[PUP] Done Dreamin' 06/24/05: En route to singular Suwarrow
		This should soon change as we near Suwarrow, which is known for its sea life and colorful coral reefs.
		Suwarrow is said to be one of the most idyllic islands in the South Pacific.
		A Russian explorer in 1814 discovered this atoll, although he was apparently not the first European to set foot on it.
	lists.samurai.com /pipermail/passagemaking-under-power/2005-June/001239.html (728 words)

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