Tepuka Vili Vili or Tepuka Savilivili is an islet of Funafuti, Tuvalu. Meli 28 mar 1979 0358Z TN

Tepuka Vili Vili is part of the

Funafuti Conservation Area The Funafuti Conservation Area is a marine conservation area covering 33 square kilometers (12.74 square miles) of reef, lagoon and ''motu'' (islets) on the western side of Funafuti atoll in Tuvalu. The marine environment of the conservation area ...

, established in 1996 with the aim of preserving the natural fauna and flora of the area. Tepuka Vili Vili was devastated by

Cyclone Keli Severe Tropical Cyclone Keli ( NPMOC/JTWC Designation: 38P) was the first recorded post-season tropical cyclone to form in June within the South Pacific Ocean. The system formed on June 7, 1997, about 460 kilometers (285 mi) to the north of T ...

in 1997, with all its vegetation and most of its sand swept away during the

cyclone In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...

. Tepuka Vili Vili is an example of dynamic action of a coral atoll changing with the effect of cyclones and wave action: Te Ava Kum Kum is the passage through the Funafuti atoll in the middle of the western rim, south of Te Ava Tepuka Vili, between the islets of Tepuka Vili Vili to the north and

Fualopa Fualopa is an islet of Funafuti, Tuvalu. It is part of the Funafuti Conservation Area, established in 1996 with the aim of preserving the natural fauna and flora of the area.Fualopa hosts a breeding colony of black noddy (''Anous minutus'' or white- ...

immediately south.

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Islands of Tuvalu Pacific islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act Funafuti {{tuvalu-geo-stub