List of 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
*Luangahu
*Meama
* Moʻungaʻone
** Moʻungaʻone township
*Niniva
*Nukupule
*Ofolanga
* Tofua
**Hokula
**Hota'ane
** Manaka
*Uoleva
* Uonukuhahake
** Tofanga
** Uonukuhihifo
*ʻUiha
** Felemea; nickname: 'Otu Kinekina (Weary Islands)
**ʻUiha township
** Tatafa

Lulunga (archipelago)

*Fakahiku
*Fetoa
*Fonuaika
*Foua
* Haʻafeva
**Ha'afeva township; nickname: Kolo ngatata (noisy town)
**Fonuamaka
**Kolo (Ha'apai)
**Leteoʻo
**Onoiki
* Kito
*Kotu
**Kotu township
* Lekeleka
*Luanamo
* Matuku
**Matuku township
*Nukulei
*Pepea
*Putuputua
*Teaupa
*Tokulu
*Tungua ; nickname: Sani Tungua (glorious Tungua)
**Tungua township; nickname: Tainamu ʻa Paea (orphan's mosquito net)
*ʻOʻua
**ʻOʻua township

ʻOtu Muʻomuʻa group

*Fetokopunga
* Fonoifua
**Fonoifua township
**Meama (Mu'omu'a)
**Tanoa
* Hunga Haʻapai
*Hunga Tonga
*Kelefesia
*Lalona
* Mango
**Mango township
*Mangoiki
* Nomuka
** Nomuka township
**Loto
**Puho'ava
**Tefisi
*Nomuka iki
**Muifuiva
*Nuku
*Nukufaiau
*Nukutula
*Tau
*Tele-ki-Vavaʻu
*Tele-ki-Tonga
*Tonumeia

Niua group

*Niuafoʻou; nickname: Kaho mo Vailahi (reed with big lake)
** Angahā, island capital
** Fataʻulua
** Futu (abandoned)
** Kolofoʻou
*** Aleleʻuta
** Mataʻaho
** Muʻa
** Petani
** Sapaʻata
** Tongamamaʻo
** ʻEsia
** Motu Lahi
** Motu Molemole
** Motu Siʻi
** Motu ʻAʻali
*Niuatoputapu
**Falehau
**Hihifo, island capital
**Vaipoa
** Hakautuʻutuʻu
** Hungana
** Nukuseilala
** Sikaihaʻa
**Tafuna
** Tavili
** Tuʻunga
*Tafahi
**Tafahi (village)

Tongatapu group

*Minerva Reefs (also see Republic of Minerva)
** Tele-ki-Tokelau
** Tele-ki-Tonga
*Tongatapu (island)
**'' Vahe Hahake'' (eastern district)
*** Āfa
*** Fātumu
*** Fuaʻamotu, incorrectly: Fuʻamotu; nickname: Vai ko Latai (Latai's water)
*** Hamula
*** Haveluliku
*** Haʻasini
*** Hoi
*** Holonga
*** Kolonga; nickname: ʻUtu longoaʻa (noisy coast)
*** Lāvengatonga
*** Makaunga
*** Malapo
*** Manuka
*** Muʻa, district capital; nickname: Paki mo e toʻi (picked with sap)
**** Lapaha
**** Tatakamotonga; nickname: Kolo kakala (fragrant town)
*** Nakolo
*** Navutoka
*** Niutōua
*** Nukuleka; nickname: Vai-kāsila (bilge water)
*** Pelehake; nickname: Ī ʻo Lupea (fan of Lupea)
*** Talafoʻou
*** Talasiu
*** ʻAlakifonua, short: ʻAlaki
**'' Vahe Hihifo'' (western district)
*** Fāhefa
*** Fatai
**** Matafonua
*** Foʻui, (Lolo paongo (pandanus fruit scented oil))
*** Haʻakame; nickname: Hala toa mui (road of ironwood trees)
*** Haʻakili
*** Haʻalalo
*** Haʻatafu
*** Haʻutu
*** Haʻavakatolo; nicknames: Vai ko hiva (singing water), Pua ko fanongo talanoa (flower listening to the story)
*** Houma; nickname: Mapu ʻa Vaea (whistle (blowholes) of Vaea)
*** Kalaʻau
*** Kanokupolu; nicknames: Folaʻosi (a typical dancedress), Niu tuʻu tolu (3 standing palmtrees)
***Kolovai; nicknames: Taunga peka (flying foxes), Fala O Setane (Satan Mat)
***Lakepa
***Lomaiviti (Tongatapu), Lomaiviti
***Masilamea (Tongatapu), Masilamea; nickname: Vai ko lele ʻa lulu (running owl's water)
***Matahau
***Matangiake (Tongatapu), Matangiake
****Ha'afeva (Tongatapu), Haʻafeva
***Neiafu (Tongatapu), Neiafu
***Nukunuku
***Te'ekiu, Teʻekiu
***Vaotu'u, Vaotuʻu
***'Ahau, ʻAhau; nickname: Ahi ʻo Ulakai (Ulakai's sandalwood tree)
***'Utulau, ʻUtulau; nickname: Alafolau Heavula
**''Loto (Tongatapu), Vahe Loto'' (central district)
***Folaha
***Haveluloto, short: Havelu; nicknames: Piki pea vela (sticky then burn), Paini tuʻu ua (2 standing ironwood trees)
***Ha'ateiho, Haʻateiho
****'Atele, ʻĀtele
***Hofoa, Hōfoa; nickname: Fonu mo e moa (turtle and chicken)
***Longoteme
***Nukuhetulu
***Nukuʻalofa, national capital
****Fanga 'o Pilolevu, Fanga ʻo Pilolevu
****Fasi mo e afi
****Fongoloa
****Hala 'o Vave, Hala ʻo Vave
****Halaano
****Halafo'ou, Halafoʻou
****Halaleva
****Houmakelikao
****Hunga (Tongatapu), Hunga
****Kape, Tonga, Kape
****Kolofo'ou (Tongatapu), Kolofoʻou
****Kolomotu'a, Kolomotuʻa, original Nukuʻalofa proper
*****Sopu 'o Taufa'ahau, Sopu ʻo Tāufaʻāhau, short: Sopu
******Sia ko Veiongo
******Tongata'eapa, Tongataʻeapa
****Longolongo
*****Ha'avaka'otua, Haʻavakaʻotua
*****Kapeta, Kapetā
*****Tavatu'utolu, Tavatuʻutolu
*****Tu'akatakilangi, Tuʻakātakilangi, incorrectly: Tuʻatakilangi
****Lopaukamea
****Mailetaha
****Mataika (Tongatapu), Mataika
****Matutuana
****Maui (Tongatapu), Maui
****Ma'ufanga, Maʻufanga, obsolete: Maʻofanga
****Ngele'ia, Ngeleʻia
****Pahu (Tongapu), Pahu
****Pātangata
****Pikula, Pīkula
****Takaunove
****Telekava
****Teufaiva
****Tufuenga
****Vaololoa, Vaolōloa
****'Amaile, ʻAmaile
****'Anana, ʻĀnana
****'Umusi, ʻUmusī
***Pea (Tongatapu), Pea; nicknames: Vai ko puna (upwelling water), Niuvākai (palmtree watchtower
***Popua, short for: Vaʻepopua
***Puke (Tongatapu), Puke; nickname: Vai ko ʻoa (basket water)
***Tofoa
****Koloua
***Tokomololo; nickname: Vai ko Tuʻilokomana (Tuʻilokomana's water)
***Vaini, Vainī
****Nualei
***Veitongo
****Lotoha'apai, Lotohaʻapai
**Fafa, Fafā
**Fukave
**Kanatea
**Makaha'a, Makahaʻa
**Malinoa
**Manima
**Mata'aho (Tongatapu), Mataʻaho
**Monuafe, Monūafe
**Motutapu (Tongatapu), Motutapu
**Mo'unu (Tongatapu), Moʻunu
**Mo'ungatapu, Moʻungatapu
**Ngofonua
**Nuku (Tongatapu), Nuku
**Nukunukumotu
***Siesia
**Oneata
**Pangaimotu (Tongatapu), Pangaimotu
**Polo'a, Poloʻa
**Talakite
**Tau (Tongatapu), Tau
**Toketoke
**ʻAtā
**'Atata (island), ʻAtatā
***'Atata, ʻAtatā (village)
**Tufuka
**Velitoa Hahake
**Velitoa Hihifo
**'Alakipeau, ʻAlakipeau
**'Eueiki, ʻEueiki
***Fa'imata, Fāʻimata
**'Onevai, ʻOnevai
**'Onevao, ʻOnevao
*'Ata, ʻAta
*'Eua, ʻEua; nicknames: Fungafonua (landtop), Vai ko Kahana (Kahana's water)
**Angaha ('Eua), Angahā
**Ha'atu'a, Haʻatuʻa
**Houma ('Eua), Houma
**Kolomaile
**'Eua Fo'ou, ʻEuafoʻou
***Fata'ulua ('Eua), Fataʻulua
***Futu ('Eua), Futu
***Mata'aho ('Eua), Mataʻaho
***Mu'a ('Eua), Muʻa
***Pangai ('Eua), Pangai
***Petani ('Eua), Petani
***Sapa'ata ('Eua), Sapaʻata
***Tongamama'o ('Eua), Tongamamaʻo
***'Esia ('Eua), ʻEsia
**Tufuvai, short: Tufu
**'Ohonua, ʻOhonua, island capital; nickname: Taha kae afe (one worth a thousand; an ironwood tree)
***Ta'anga, Taʻanga
**Kalau ('Eua), Kalau

Vava'u, Vavaʻu group

*A'a island, Aʻa
*Faioa
*Fangasito
*Fatumanga
*Fonuafo'ou, Fonuafoʻou
*Fonualei (volcano), Fonualei
*Fonualei (Vava'u), Fonualei
*Fonua'unga, Fonuaʻunga
*Fonua'one'one, Fonuaʻoneʻone
*Fua'amotu (Vava'u), Fuaʻamotu
*Hakaufasi
*Hunga (Vava'u), Hunga; nicknames: Fā-ko-Avahungalu (screwpine of A.), Vaonukonuka (nukonuka bushes)
**Hunga village, Hunga township
**Fofoa
**Foiata
**Foilifuka
**Kalau (Vava'u), Kalau
**Luafatu
**Luamoko
*Kapa (Vava'u), Kapa
**Falevai
**Kapa (village), Kapa township
**Vakataumai
**'Otea, ʻOtea
**Luakapa
**Nuku (Vava'u), Nuku
*Katofanga
*Kenutu
**Lolo (Vava'u), Lolo
*Lape, Tonga, Lape
**Lape, Tonga, Lape township
*Late (Island), Late
*Lekeleka (Vava'u), Lekeleka
*Luahiapo
*Lualoli
*Luatafito
*Lua'afuleheu, Luaʻafuleheu
*Lua'atofua'a, Luaʻatofuaʻa
*Lua'ui, Luaʻui
*Mafana (island), Mafana
*Maninita
*Mo'unu (Vava'u), Moʻunu
*Mo'umu'a, Muʻomuʻa
*Nuapapu
**Nuapapu township
**Matamaka
**Alinonga
**Kitu (island), Kitu
**Lua'ofa, Luaʻofa
*Ofu (Tonga), Ofu
**Ofu (Tonga), Ofu township
*Ovaka
**Ovaka township
*Ovalau (Vava'u), Ovalau
*Pangaimotu (Vava'u), Pangaimotu
**Pangaimotu (village), Pangaimotu township
**'Utulei, ʻUtulei
**Afo (Vava'u), Afo
**Fafine
**Lotuma
**Tapana, Tonga, Tapana
**Fanautapu, Fānautapu
***Lautala
***Nukutahanga
***Tu'anukulau, Tuʻanukulau
*Sisia
*Tahifehifa
*Taula (Tonga), Taula
*Taunga
**Taunga township
**Ngau Island, Ngau
**Ta'uta, Taʻuta
*Toku, Tonga, Tokū
*Totokafonua
*Totokamaka
*Tu'ungasika, Tuʻungasika
*Vaka'eitu, Vakaʻeitu
**Kulo
**Langito'o, Langitoʻo
**Tangatasito
*Vava'u, Vavaʻu, or Vavaʻu lahi, the main island; nickname: ʻUtukalongalu (wave shaker cliff), Haʻafuluhao (a name)
**Faleono
**Feletoa
**Fungamisi
**Ha'akio, Haʻakio
**Ha'alufuli, Haʻalufuli
**Holonga (Vava'u), Holonga
**Houma (Vava'u), Houma
**Leimatu'a, Leimatuʻa
**Longomapu
**Makave, Makāve
**Mangia (Vava'u), Mangia
**Mataika (Vava'u), Mataika
**Neiafu (Vava'u), Neiafu, district's capital; nickname: Vai ko Lēlea (Lēlea's water)
***Falaleu (Tonga), Falaleu
***Fangatongo
***Fa'okula, Faʻokula
***Hopokanga
***Houmelei
***Kameli
***Masilamea (Vava'u), Masilamea
***Matangiake (Vava'u), Matangiake
***Neiafutahi
***Sailoame
***Saineai
***Vaipua (Tonga), Vaipua
***'Otumapa, ʻOtumapa
***'Utulangivaka, ʻUtulangivaka
**Talau (Tonga), Talau
**Taoa (Tonga), Taoa
**Ta'anea, Taʻanea
**Tefisi
**Toula (Vava'u), Toula
**Tu'anekivale, Tuʻanekivale
**Tu'anuku, Tuʻanuku; nickname: Tavakefaiʻana (a tropic bird)
**Utui
**Vaimalo
**Kiato (Vava'u), Kiato
**Koloa (Vava'u), Koloa
***Holeva
***Koloa (Vava'u), Koloa township
**Kolotahi
**Kolo'uta, Koloʻuta
**Matu'anua, Matuʻanua
**Motulekaleka
**Nuku (Okoa), Nuku
**Okoa
***Okoa township
**Pousini
**Tue'ia, Tueʻia
**Tulie
*'Euaiki, ʻEuaiki
*'Euakafa, ʻEuakafa
*'Olo'ua, ʻOloʻua
**'Olo'ua, ʻOloʻua township
*'Oto, ʻOto
*'Umuna, ʻUmuna
*'Utungake, ʻUtungake
**Nga'unoho, Ngaʻunoho (or: Talihau)
**'Utungake, ʻUtungake township
**Mala (Vava'u), Mala

See also

*Administrative divisions of Tonga
*Lists of volcanoes

References

Official survey maps ministry of lands, 1962 with amendments

{{Oceania in topic, List of cities in

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