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Tom Yvo Adrien Waes (born 7 November 1968) is a Belgian television presenter, television director, actor, model, and occasional singer. Internationally he is most known for his role in the Netflix series Undercover .
Fenua Tapu is an islet of Nui atoll in the Pacific Ocean state of Tuvalu. [1] [2]It is the most southern and most eastern islet of Nui and is the largest (area 1.38 km 2).Most Nuians live on the western end of Fenua Tapu, [3] where a village including the settlements of Alamoni - Maiaki and Manutalake - Meang lies.
Tuvalu (/ t uː ˈ v ɑː l uː / ⓘ too-VAH-loo) is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia.It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (which belong to the Solomon Islands), northeast of Vanuatu, southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna, and north of ...
The soils of Tuvalu's islands are usually shallow, porous, alkaline, coarse-textured, with carbonate mineralogy and high pH values of up to 8.2 to 8.9. [2] The soils are usually deficient in most of the important nutrients needed for plant growth, so garden beds need to be enhanced with mulch to increase their fertility. [ 2 ]
Tuvalu Newsheet published in Tuvaluan by the Broadcasting and Information Office (BIO) of Tuvalu from 1975 to 1983. [1] [2] Sikuleo o Tuvalu, (replacing the Tuvalu Newsheet) a government news sheet published in Tuvaluan by the BIO and subsequently by the state-owned Tuvalu Media Corporation from 1983 to 2007. [2] [3]
HMTSS Te Mataili (801) was a Pacific Forum-class patrol vessel provided by Australia to Tuvalu, and operated by the Tuvalu Police Force. [1] Tuvalu has a 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi) exclusive economic zone, and Te Mataili was its sole long range patrol vessel, until it was retired, and replaced by the larger and more modern Te Mataili II.
HMTSS Te Mataili II (802) is the second Guardian-class patrol boat completed, and the first to be given to the small Pacific Ocean nation Tuvalu. [1] [2] [3] She was commissioned on 5 April 2019, replacing Te Mataili, a Pacific Forum patrol vessel, that had reached the end of her designed lifetime.
Nukufetau is an atoll that is part of the nation of Tuvalu. [1] [2] The atoll was claimed by the US under the Guano Islands Act some time in the 19th century and was ceded in a treaty of friendship concluded in 1979 and coming into force in 1983.