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Niue
Island - Location and Map
Niue
Island was
created by a submarine volcano that didn't know where to
surface. At fist, the volcano thought about surface in
New Zealand but later became inclined to the side of
Australia. After a long time thinking what to do
about his volcanic life, finally it decided to surface in
the middle of nowhere, corner with nothing. It also made
sure nobody was watching his birth. In other words, was borne
very lonely and isolated.
Yes,
there isn't anything around
Niue in a radius of hundreds of kilometers, except a
large Ocean followed by Tonga,
Samoa and the Cook Islands in a kind of funny triangle. New Zealand
was left 2400 Km Southwest and Australia even further.As
an isolated place,
Niue was probably one of the least known Islands in
Polynesia and South Pacific, but now
you'll know where it is....

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Latitude/Longitude
19� 03'
48" S - 169� 52' 11'' W |
Alofi
is the Capital of Niue
concentrating about half of the population, meaning
something around 700 fantastic people and 2000 roosters
with respective families. One of these roosters is called
Pavarotti, and is capable to be heard in Tonga. There are
many small villages spread around the Island, some with a
reasonable number of houses but very few people inside.
The immigration to New Zealand and other parts of the
world made some of this villages become kind of ghost
towns. Alofi is located in the West side of the
Island protected from the regular winds and sea, but for
some reason is the favorite when a cyclone decides to hit
Niue. The North (Mutalau), the East (Liku) and the South
(Hakupu) are on the wild side and receives constant winds
and swells along the coast.
It
doesn't matter where
you are in Niue because the entire Island is unbelievably
beautiful. Each part has a different attractive. One side
can be calm and quiet, while the other may be receiving
huge waves splashing against the rocky cliffs in an spectacular
nature show. When the volcano finally decided to establish
there (in the middle of nowhere) and very tired of its
actions throwing lava on the fan, it became extinct. A
coral Athol was formed. Year after (million) year the sea
floor decided to give a kick to Niue, elevating the corals
about 60 meters out of the water. That's the why Niue is
called "The Rock". After that, plants start
growing, birds singing, coconut crabs dancing, and finally
people came and go...but this is another history.
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