Below, Kao Island after rain.
Notornis 27:205-235.Kinsky, F. C., and J. C. Yaldwyn.
Pacific Science 52:14-34.Sykes, W.R. 1981.
Long, and D.C. Wege. Vegetation of Samoa and Tonga. Bligh sailed according to his memory of the stars, using the sextant and pocket watch to match his latitude and longitude to the tables.
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Endemic Bird Areas of the World: Priorities for biodiversity conservation.
The population increase has resulted in more forest clearing on settled islands as well as the establishment of crop plantations on many uninhabited islands (Rinke 1986b).
The status of wildlife in Tonga. With regards to my interior silence, in the beginning, my little voice wouldn’t shut down. There is one iguanid, nine geckos, nine skinks, and the Pacific boa (Candoia bibroni).
The island of 'Eua is believed to be a fragment of the ancient Gondwanaland supercontinent and may harbor ancient taxa.
IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.Koopman, K.F., and D.W. Steadman, David W. 1995.
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Pre-caldera activity is recorded by a sequence of pyroclastic deposits and lavas constituting the older cone, followed on the northern part of the island by froth lavas or welded and unwelded ignimbrite. ‘Ata’s place in the history books is well established.
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The country is a very old Polynesian monarchy – its royal family goes back more than 1,000 years – with an old and well-developed social and political system.
The well-drained, fertile soils of ʿEua, Kao, Tofua, and Late islands and the slopes and hilltops of Vavaʿu support original forests.
Status of the Polynesian Megapode (Megapodius pritchardii) on Niuafo’ou (Tonga). Tofua’a means “whale” in Tongan and is also the title of our film.
A giant land iguana and several other reptiles and bats have also been found (Steadman 1989, 1993, Worthy et al.
Emu 86:145-151.Rinke, D. 1986b.
The Humpbacks feed only in summer, in polar waters, and then migrate to tropical waters to mate and give birth in the winter when they fast and live off their fat reserves. Tofua Caldera, in Tonga, is the summit caldera of a steep-sided composite cone that forms Tofua Island.
Allertonia 2:323-353.Whister, W.A. 1998.
Notes on the Birds Reptiles and Mammals of Tongatapu and Eua, Tonga Notornis, v.34, n.3, 1987:217-223.Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler) 2000.
Anthropogenic pressure has resulted in extensive modification of all ecosystems on the limestone islands of this group. Seabird records from Tonga-an account based on the literature and recent observations.
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Geology, petrography, and geochemistry of the volcanic islands of Tonga.
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‘Ata, Tonga’s southernmost island, is a long way away, separated from Tongatapu by 160 km of open ocean. Bligh famously navigated the launch and all but one of its men (John Norton, who was killed by cannibals on Tofua Island), to Kupang, Indonesia, a voyage of 6,700 kilometers (4,163 mi).
Pacific Science 46:159-178.Worthy, T.H., R. Walter, and A.J.
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102:537-552.Steadman, D.W. 1993. All other species of megapode in Polynesia have been extirpated, and the nearest extant species is in Vanuatu, 1,600 km west (Goth & Vogel 1995).
Anderson. 1998. We arrived at the main island of Lifuka at 4:30 am under a full moon, and anchored just outside the main harbour at Pangai to wait for sunrise. Springer Press, New York.Pregill, Gregory K.. Fossil lizards from the Late Quaternary of 'Eua, Tonga.
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Adamstown is the only settlement on the Pitcairn Islands.
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