Foa is an island in Tonga . It is located within the Haʻapai group in the centre of the country, to northeast of the national capital of Nukuʻalofa .
6-410: Foa is linked to adjacent Lifuka Island by a causeway, and is located 640 metres northeast of Lifuka. The island has an area of 13.39 km (5.17 sq mi). The population as of the 2016 census was 1,392. Ancient petroglyphs on the northern end of Foa show evidence that the island has been inhabited by native tribes for hundreds of years, but since then they have been exposed by beach erosion. In 2012,
12-719: The Kingdom of Tonga . The anchor of the Port au Prince was rediscovered in 2009 by a dive operator based on Lifuka. In August 2012, the wreck of the ship was discovered off the coast of Foa Island , in Tonga. It has a population of 2,968 and an area of 11.42 km . There is an airport, the Lifuka Island Airport . 19°47′56″S 174°21′24″W / 19.79889°S 174.35667°W / -19.79889; -174.35667 This Tongan location article
18-593: The attack, William Mariner , was befriended by the King and spent the next four years in the Kingdom before being allowed to return to England. A chance meeting with the author John Martin upon his return resulted in a collaboration that eventually documented the experiences of Mariner in the book An account of the natives of the Tongan Islands , a now highly respected anthropological study of early civilisation in
24-683: The centre of the country, to northeast of the national capital of Nukuʻalofa . It is the administrative centre of the Haʻapai group of islands with Pangai being the administrative capital village. Lifuka is the place where Captain James Cook dubbed Tonga "The Friendly Islands". Tofua is where the mutiny on the Bounty occurred in 1789; this active volcanic island lies approximately 40 nautical miles west of Lifuka. The Captain Bligh voyage stands as
30-522: 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 . In 1806 the natives off the northwest coast attacked the British privateer and whaler , slaughtering the majority of the crew. One of the few survivors of
36-456: The wreck of the pirate ship Port-au-Prince was discovered off the coast of the island. 19°45′S 174°18′W / 19.750°S 174.300°W / -19.750; -174.300 This Tongan location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lifuka Lifuka is an island in the Kingdom of Tonga . It is located within the Haʻapai Group in
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