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Coconut on a white sand beach in Aitutaki. On 8–9 October 1900 seven instruments of cession of Rarotonga and other islands were signed by their chiefs and people; and by a British Proclamation issued at the same time the cessions were accepted, the islands being declared parts of Her Britannic Majesty's dominions. [10]
Tapuaetai (tapuae: footprint; ta'i: one), or "One Foot Island", is one of 22 islands in the Aitutaki atoll of the Cook Islands.It is located on the southeastern perimeter of Aitutaki Lagoon immediately to the southwest of the larger island of Tekopua, seven kilometres to the east of the main island of Aitutaki. [1]
Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of 67.39 km 2 (26.02 sq mi), and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 10,898 of a total population of 15,040. [ 2 ]
Their favourite islands were Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Mangaia and Penrhyn. Governor Lord Ranfurly reading the annexation proclamation to Queen Makea on 7 October 1900. The Cook Islands became aligned to the United Kingdom in 1890, largely because of the fear of British residents that France might occupy the islands as it already had Tahiti. [25]
The beach on Aitutaki during filming of Survivor: Cook Islands in July 2006 (photo by Ian Sewell) The tribal camps, Exile Island, and many of Survivor: Cook Islands ' challenges were filmed on motu ( islets ) in the Aituaki lagoon.
Aitutaki, which erupted most recently on the carbonate platform of a near-atoll has now been characterised as an example of rejuvenated volcanism with ages from ages from 1.941 to 1·382 million years ago [3] rather than the conventional assignment to the so-called Rarotonga hotspot.
The Southern Cook Islands are a chain of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean. The principal islands are Aitutaki, Atiu, Mangaia, Manuae, Mauke, Mitiaro, Palmerston, Rarotonga, and Takutea. The ecoregion covers an area of 127 square kilometres (49 sq mi). [1] The islands are volcanic in origin, although all the volcanoes are now extinct.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Pat was a small but strong tropical cyclone that passed directly over Aitutaki, [nb 1] Cook Islands, in southern Pacific Ocean on February 10, 2010. [nb 2] Part of a series of storms to impact the group of islands early that year, [3] Pat was first identified as a tropical depression on February 6 well to the northeast of the Samoan Islands.