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Lifuka
Lifuka is an island in the Kingdom of Tonga. It is located within the Ha'apai Group, Haapai Group in the centre of the country, to northeast of the national capital of Nukuʻalofa, Nukualofa. It is the administrative centre of the Haapai group of islands with Pangai being the administrative capital village. History Lifuka is the place where Captain James Cook dubbed Tonga "The Friendly Islands". Tofua is where the mutiny on the Bounty, mutiny on the ''Bounty'' occurred in 1789; this active volcanic island lies approximately 40 nautical miles west of Lifuka. The Captain William Bligh, Bligh voyage stands as the longest known successful passage ever recorded in an open boat without modern navigational aids. It was successfully recreated in 2009 by the Talisker Bounty team. Lifuka Island was the final anchorage of the ill-fated ''Port au Prince (1790 ship), Port au Prince''. In 1806 the natives off the northwest coast attacked the British privateer and whaler, slaughtering the maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifuka
Lifuka is an island in the Kingdom of Tonga. It is located within the Ha'apai Group, Haapai Group in the centre of the country, to northeast of the national capital of Nukuʻalofa, Nukualofa. It is the administrative centre of the Haapai group of islands with Pangai being the administrative capital village. History Lifuka is the place where Captain James Cook dubbed Tonga "The Friendly Islands". Tofua is where the mutiny on the Bounty, mutiny on the ''Bounty'' occurred in 1789; this active volcanic island lies approximately 40 nautical miles west of Lifuka. The Captain William Bligh, Bligh voyage stands as the longest known successful passage ever recorded in an open boat without modern navigational aids. It was successfully recreated in 2009 by the Talisker Bounty team. Lifuka Island was the final anchorage of the ill-fated ''Port au Prince (1790 ship), Port au Prince''. In 1806 the natives off the northwest coast attacked the British privateer and whaler, slaughtering the maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifuka Island Airport
Lifuka Island Airport , also known as Salote Pilolevu Airport or Haʻapai Airport, is an airport on Lifuka in Tonga. The airport is located north of the capital Panga, and is only served domestically, roughly 40 minutes by flight to Tongatapu and 30 minutes to Vava'u. Taxis serve the airport, and services include a cafe inside the terminal. One of the airport's most unique features is the dirt road intersecting the runway. The road is the only path connecting Lifuka and Foa islands. Gates staffed by airport employees are used to prevent vehicle access during aircraft operations; the rest of the airport is otherwise secured with barbed wire fencing. There is no aviation fuel or refueling service for aircraft available at the airport. . History Royal Tongan Airlines commenced operations to Ha'apai in the mid 1980s with CASA 212 aircraft. Around this time the airfield was improved, allowing Twin Otter operations to commence. HS 748 operations followed this before the Shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pangai
Pangai is the administrative capital village of the Haapai Group in Tonga. Town The village is on the western shore of Lifuka and has a population of 1,026. The village center is around the Catholic Church (''Siasi Katolika'')Ha'apai Pictures - Siasi Church, Pangai Village, Lifuka and Holopeka Road by the harbor. There are only a few shops and markets and one bank. There are few historic sites besides some churches, a few d houses and cemeteries. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holopeka
Holopeka is a settlement in Lifuka island, Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in .... The population is 132. Holopeka met international acclaim in the mid-1990s, as the ancestral home of New Zealand rugby player Jonah Lomu. Lomu came to be regarded as one of the greatest rugby players of all time. References Populated places in Haʻapai {{Tonga-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haʻatoʻu
Haʻatoʻu is a settlement in Lifuka island, Tonga. See also * List of islands and towns in Tonga The following list gives all islands and cities (villages and hamlets) in Tonga in alphabetical order with many local areas and nicknames as well. Coordinates are given for the centre of each place. All place names are given in the Tongan language ... Populated places in Haʻapai {{Tonga-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Tonga
The following list gives all islands and cities (villages and hamlets) in Tonga in alphabetical order with many local areas and nicknames as well. Coordinates are given for the centre of each place. All place names are given in the Tongan language. Haʻapai group Lifuka group * Fatumanongi *Foa ** Faleloa, Houmale'ia ** Fangaleʻounga ** Fotua ** Lotofoa ** Nukunamo * Fotuhaʻa ** Fotuhaʻa township * Hakauata * Haʻano, (Loto haʻa Ngana (central Ngana tribe)) ** Fakakakai ** Haʻano town ** Muitoa ** Pukotala * Kao **'Apikakai **Topuefio * Lifuka, Foʻi ʻoneʻone (sand crumb) ** Haʻatoʻu **Holopeka ** Koulo ** Pangai, district's capital; nickname: Fanga ʻi he sī (harbour at sea) **Tongoleleka, Vai ko Paluki (Paluki's water) * Limu *Lofanga **Lofanga township *Luahoko *Luangahu *Meama * Moʻungaʻone ** Moʻungaʻone township *Niniva *Nukupule *Ofolanga * Tofua **Hokula **Hota'ane ** Manaka *Uoleva * Uonukuhahake ** Tofanga ** Uonuku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongoleleka
Tongoleleka is a settlement in Lifuka island, Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in .... See also * List of islands and towns in Tonga Populated places in Haʻapai {{Tonga-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koulo
Koulo is a settlement in Lifuka island, Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in .... The population is 171. References Populated places in Haʻapai {{Tonga-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islands Of Tonga
The following list gives all islands and cities (villages and hamlets) in Tonga in alphabetical order with many local areas and nicknames as well. Coordinates are given for the centre of each place. All place names are given in the Tongan language. Haʻapai group Lifuka group * Fatumanongi *Foa ** Faleloa, Houmale'ia ** Fangaleʻounga ** Fotua ** Lotofoa ** Nukunamo * Fotuhaʻa ** Fotuhaʻa township * Hakauata *Haʻano, (Loto haʻa Ngana (central Ngana tribe)) **Fakakakai **Haʻano town ** Muitoa **Pukotala * Kao **'Apikakai **Topuefio *Lifuka, Foʻi ʻoneʻone (sand crumb) ** Haʻatoʻu **Holopeka **Koulo ** Pangai, district's capital; nickname: Fanga ʻi he sī (harbour at sea) **Tongoleleka, Vai ko Paluki (Paluki's water) * Limu *Lofanga **Lofanga township *Luahoko *Luangahu *Meama * Moʻungaʻone ** Moʻungaʻone township *Niniva *Nukupule *Ofolanga *Tofua **Hokula **Hota'ane ** Manaka *Uoleva *Uonukuhahake ** Tofanga ** Uonukuhihifo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mariner (writer)
William Charles Mariner (10 September 1791 – 20 October 1853) was an Englishman who lived in Tonga from 29November 1806 to (probably) 8November 1810. He published a memoir, ''An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean'', which is one of the major sources of information about Tonga before it was influenced significantly by European cultures and Christianity. At age 14, Mariner was a ship's clerk aboard the British privateer ''Port au Prince''. In 1806, while it was anchored off the Tongan island of Lifuka, in the Ha'apai island group, ''Port au Prince'' was seized by a chief named Fīnau ʻUlukālala. Of the 26 crew members, 22 were killed, while the chief spared Mariner and three others. Mariner lived in Tonga for four years, and during this time he became known as Toki 'Ukamea ("Iron Axe"). After returning to England, he dictated a detailed account of his experiences, a description of Tongan society and culture, and a grammar and dictionary o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Au Prince (1790 Ship)
''Port au Prince'' was built in France in 1790. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1793 off Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Her original name is currently unknown, but her new owners named her for her place of capture. She became a letter of marque, slave ship, and privateer ''cum'' whaler. In 1806 she anchored at a Tongan island where the local inhabitants massacred most of her crew and then scuttled her. Career ''Port au Prince''s origins are obscure. Although she appears to have been pierced for a large number of guns, perusal of a compendium of French naval vessels for the period 1786–1861 does not yield any likely candidates. She first appears in ''Lloyd's Register'' in 1794 with the notes that she was built in 1790, and was a French prize. Her captain's name is given as H. Hayne, her owner's name variously as Muilman, Mulement, or Muilmen, and her trade as Portsmouth – "SDom". This last is a little problematical as the trade remains unchanged through 1796, and France too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bligh
Vice-Admiral William Bligh (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was an officer of the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. The mutiny on the HMS ''Bounty'' occurred in 1789 when the ship was under his command; after being set adrift in ''Bounty''s launch by the mutineers, Bligh and his loyal men all reached Timor alive, after a journey of . Bligh's logbooks documenting the mutiny were inscribed on the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World register on 26 February 2021. Seventeen years after the ''Bounty'' mutiny, on 13 August 1806, he was appointed Governor of New South Wales in Australia, with orders to clean up the corrupt rum trade of the New South Wales Corps. His actions directed against the trade resulted in the so-called Rum Rebellion, during which Bligh was placed under arrest on 26 January 1808 by the New South Wales Corps and deposed from his command, an act which the British Foreign Office later declared to be illegal. He died in London on 7 December 1817. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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