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'''Funafuti''' is the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu.<ref name="TIFun">{{cite web|url=https://www.mapsland.com/oceania/tuvalu|title= Maps of Tuvalu |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="PDN">{{cite book|last1= Lal|first1= Andrick|title= South Pacific Sea Level & Climate Monitoring Project – Funafuti atoll|url= http://www.pacificdisaster.net/oip/FinalReport/Annex/3_Survey%20LDP/Survey_Diagrams_JPACE-TV.pdf|publisher= SPC Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC Division of SPC)|access-date= 31 January 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140203011855/http://www.pacificdisaster.net/oip/FinalReport/Annex/3_Survey%20LDP/Survey_Diagrams_JPACE-TV.pdf|archive-date= 3 February 2014|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref> It has a population of 6,320 people (2017 census),<ref name="C2012">{{cite web|title= Population of communities in Tuvalu| publisher=Thomas Brinkhoff|year =2017|url= http://www.citypopulation.de/Tuvalu.html | access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> and so it has more people than the rest of Tuvalu combined, with approximately 60% of the population. It consists of a narrow sweep of land between {{convert|20|and|400|m|0|abbr=off}} wide, encircling a large lagoon (''Te Namo'') {{convert|18|km|0|abbr=in}} long and {{convert|14|km|0|abbr=in}} wide. The average depth of the Funafuti lagoon is about 20 fathoms (36.5 metres or 120 feet).<ref name="AC">{{cite book |last=Coates|first=A. | title= Western Pacific Islands |year= 1970 |publisher= H.M.S.O. |pages=349}}</ref> With a surface area of {{convert|275|km²|1|abbr=out}}, it is by far the largest lagoon in Tuvalu. The land area of the 33 islets around the atoll of Funafuti totals {{convert|2.4|km²|1|abbr=out}}; taken together, they constitute less than one percent of the total area of the atoll. Cargo ships can enter Funafuti's lagoon and dock at the port facilities on Fongafale.

The capital of Tuvalu is sometimes said to be Fongafale or Vaiaku, but, officially, the entire atoll of Funafuti is its capital,<ref name=dfatDA>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tuvalu/Pages/tuvalu-country-brief.aspx|title=Tuvalu country brief| date =March 2020|publisher=Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date= 3 March 2020}}</ref> since it has a single government that is responsible for the whole atoll.

==Fongafale==

The largest island is Fongafale. The island houses four villages and community meeting places. The Funafuti Falekaupule is the local council, with the Kaupule as the executive of the Falekaupule.<ref name="FK">{{cite web|work= Funafuti Falekaupule|title= Funafuti Strategic Plan 2011–2015|date= February 2011|url= http://www.pacificdisaster.net/pdnadmin/data/original/TUV_2011_Funafuti_StrageticPlan.pdf|access-date= 26 April 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100522/http://www.pacificdisaster.net/pdnadmin/data/original/TUV_2011_Funafuti_StrageticPlan.pdf|archive-date= 4 March 2016|url-status= dead}}</ref> On Fongafale, the Funafuti Kaupule is responsible for approvals of the construction of houses or extension to an existing buildings on private land and the Lands Management Committee is the responsible authority in relation to lands leased by Government.<ref name="TvAIP2">{{cite web|title=Pacific Aviation Investment Program (PAIP) Environmental Management Plan – Funafuti International Airport(FUN) and Road Interim Working Document|publisher=AECOM|date=13 November 2013|url=http://tvaip.com//docstation/com_docstation/8/tuvalu_emp_final_draft_rev_f.pdf|access-date=18 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325114135/http://tvaip.com//docstation/com_docstation/8/tuvalu_emp_final_draft_rev_f.pdf|archive-date=25 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The installed [[Chemistry:Photovoltaics|PV]] capacity in Funafuti in 2020 was 735&nbsp;kW compared to 1800&nbsp;kW of diesel (16% penetration).<ref name="ADB2020-11">{{cite web|title= REG (49450-028): Preparing Floating Solar Plus Projects under the Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility – Terms of Reference for Consulting Firm | publisher= Asian Development Bank (ADB)|date = December 2020 |url= https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/linked-documents/49450-028-tor.pdf| access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>

Tausoa Lima Falekaupule is the traditional meeting house on Funafuti. ''Tausoalima'' means "hand of friendship" and ''Falekaupule'' means "traditional island meeting hall." There is the Funafuti Lagoon Hotel, and other guesthouses as well as homes, constructed both in the traditional manner, out of palm fronds, and more recently out of cement blocks. The most prominent building on Funafuti atoll is the ''Fētu'ao Lima'' (Morning Star Church) of the Church of Tuvalu.

Other sites of interest are the remains of Japanese aircraft that crashed on Funafuti during World War II. The airfield was constructed during World War II. It was adapted to serve as the Funafuti International Airport, which serves both as the airstrip for the flights from Fiji as well as providing a place for sporting and other recreational activities.
[[File:Main street of Funafuti.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Main street of Funafuti.]]

A major sporting event is the "Independence Day Sports Festival" held annually at Fongafale on 1 October. The most important sports event within the country is arguably the Tuvalu Games, which are held yearly since 2008, with teams coming to Funafuti from the outer islands to compete in the games.<ref>{{cite web|first = Shuuichi|last = Endou|title = Tuvalu Games 2011|date = 18 May 2011|url = http://www.tuvalu-news.tv/archives/2011/05/tuvalu_game_2011.html|publisher = Tuvalu-News.TV|access-date = 31 October 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121018180008/http://www.tuvalu-news.tv/archives/2011/05/tuvalu_game_2011.html|archive-date = 18 October 2012|url-status = live}}</ref> Football in Tuvalu is played at club and national team level. The Tuvalu national football team trains at the Tuvalu Sports Ground on Funafuti and competes in the Pacific Games and South Pacific Games.

The Parliament of Tuvalu or ''Palamene o Tuvalu'' is located on Fongafale, together with the offices of the government departments and the government agencies, including the Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation, National Bank of Tuvalu, Tuvalu Philatelic Bureau, Tuvalu Meteorological Service, Tuvalu National Library and Archives and the Tuvalu Media Department that operates ''Radio Tuvalu''. The police service has its headquarters and the jail on Fongafale. The High Court of Tuvalu is also located on Fongafale.

The Princess Margaret Hospital, the only hospital in Tuvalu, is located on Fongafale.

==Villages on Funafuti==
[[File:Vaiaku Lagi Hotel.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Funafuti Lagoon Hotel]]
[[File:Office of Tuvalu Telecom.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Offices of the Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation]]
Below is a list of the individual villages of the atoll, with each atoll's population according to the 2012 census:<ref name="C2012"/> by islet:

===Central Fongafale islet===
* '''Fakaifou''': 1,158 inhabitants
* '''Senala''': 1,207 inhabitants
* '''Alapi''': 1,029 inhabitants
* '''Vaiaku''': 638 inhabitants

===Additional Fongafale islets===
Islets off the Tengako peninsula in the north:
* '''Lofeagai''': 627 inhabitants
* '''Teone''': 570 inhabitants
* '''Tekavatoetoe''': 650 inhabitants

===Funafala===
* '''Funafala''': 50 inhabitants

===Amatuku===
* '''Amatuku''': 128 inhabitants

==Funafuti Marine Conservation Area==
[[File:Tuvalu view.jpg|thumb|right|200px| Aerial view of Tengako peninsula and Fongafale, Funafuti atoll, looking south]]
[[File:Northern Funafuti.jpg|thumb|right|200px| Tengako peninsula, Funafuti atoll, looking south]]
In June 1996, the Funafuti Conservation Area was established along the western rim of the reef, encompassing six islets.<ref name="FRFSP">{{cite web|last= |first= |title= Funafuti Reef Fisheries Stewardship Plan (FRFSP)|publisher= Tuvalu Fisheries (Tuvalu Ministry of Natural Resources)|page= |date= 15 November 2017|url= http://www.tuvalufisheries.tv/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/FRFSP-231117-web.pdf|accessdate= 11 August 2021|archive-date= 31 October 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191031004907/http://www.tuvalufisheries.tv/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/FRFSP-231117-web.pdf|url-status= dead}}</ref> It has an area of 33&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (12 square miles), containing 20 per cent of the reef area of Funafuti. The land area of the six islets in the conservation area is 8 [[Hectare|ha]] (20 acres). Below is a list of the islets in the conservation area, in order from north to south, with their estimated areas in hectares:
* Tepuka Vilivili, 3
* Fualopa, 2
* Fuafatu, 0.2
* Vasafua, 0.5
* Fuakea, 1.5
* Tefala, 1

The Funafuti Conservation Area is located {{convert|15|km}} across the lagoon from the main island of Fongafale, and is accessed by boat.

==Islands in Funafuti==
There are at least 29 islets in the Funafuti atoll.<ref name="TIFun"/> The largest is Fongafale, followed by Funafala. At least three of these islets are inhabited: Fongafale (the main island) in the east, Funafala in the south, and Amatuku in the north.
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* Amatuku
* Avalau
* Falaoigo
* Fale Fatu (or ''Falefatu'')
* Fatato
* Fongafale
* Fuafatu
* Fuagea
* Fualefeke (or ''Fualifeke'')
* Fualopa
* Funafala
* Funamanu
* Luamotu
* Mateika
* Motugie
* Motuloa
* Mulitefala
* Papa Elise (or ''Funangongo'')
* Te Afuafou
* Te Afualiku
* Tefala
* Telele
* Tengako (peninsula of the island of Fongafale)
* Tengasu
* Tepuka
* Tepuka Vili Vili
* Tutanga
* Vasafua

{{div col end}}

==Passages of Funafuti Atoll==
The atoll has several [[Earth:Channel (geography)|passages]] leading into its lagoon. The degree to which they are navigable varies. The passes are listed below, in roughly clockwise order, starting in the south, with Fongafale islet. The first two islets on the list are in the southern part of the Funafuti Atoll.<ref name="ANC">{{cite book |title= Admiralty Nautical Chart 2983 Tuvalu – Funafuti atoll |publisher= United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) }}</ref>
* '''Te Ava Pua Pua''' is the shallowest of the passages, 12.7 metres (7 fathoms) deep, lies on the southeastern side of the atoll, and runs between the islets of Funamanu (to the north) and Fale Fatu (to the south). It marks the border between Funafuti's southern and eastern sections. (Variant forms of the name are: Te Ava Puapua, Te Bua Bua, Te Buabua, Te Puapua and Puapua Deep Pass.)
* '''Te Ava Fuagea''' (also known as '''Ava Amelia'''): This deep, narrow passage, 18.3 metres (10 fathoms) deep and 160 metres (525 feet) wide, lies on the southwestern side of the atoll, south of the islet of Fuafatu, and runs between the southern part of the atoll (to the west) and the islet of Vasafua (to the south). 
* '''Te Ava Papa''' lies just north of Te Ava Fuagea.
* '''Te Ava Kum Kum''' lies in the middle of the western rim, south of Te Ava Tepuka Vili, between the islets of Tepuka Vili Vili (to the north) and Fualopa (immediately to the south).
* '''Te Ava Tepuka Vili''' is a deep and narrow channel between the islets of Tepuka (to the north), and Tepuka Vili Vili (to the south).
* '''Te Ava Tepuka''' and '''Te Avua Sari''' are two neighbouring passages in the northeast, between the islets of Te Afualiku (to the northeast) and Tepuka (to the southwest).
* '''Te Ava i te Lape''' is the favoured entrance into the lagoon, although it is only 5.8 metres (3{{frac|1|4}} fathoms) deep and barely 500 metres (1650 feet) wide. It is in the north of the atoll, and runs between the islets of Pava (to the east) and Te Afualiku (to the west).

==Lagoon==
The Funafuti atoll's lagoon (''Te Namo'' in Tuvaluan) is 24.5&nbsp;km (15{{frac|1|4}} miles) long, north to south, and 17.5&nbsp;km (10{{frac|3|4}} miles) wide, east to west, and has an area of 275&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (106 sq. mi.), making it by far the largest lagoon in the nation of Tuvalu. It is about 52 metres (28 fathoms) deep in some places, but only 6 metres (3{{frac|1|4}} fathoms) deep in other places (because it has several submerged rocks and reefs along its bottom, some of which are that close the surface). The deepest basin is in the northern part of the lagoon (the maximum recorded depth is 54.7 metres [30 fathoms]), while the southern part of the lagoon has a very narrow, shallow basin.<ref name="SOPAC">{{cite web |title= EU-SOPAC Project Report 50: TUVALU TECHNICAL REPORT High-Resolution Bathymetric Survey Fieldwork undertaken from 19 September to 24 October 2004 |publisher= Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission c/o SOPAC Secretariat|date=October 2018 |url= ftp://ftp.gouv.nc/sig/PUBLIC/club_geomatique/2017/GT_donnees_geo_maritimes_22_06_2017/Rapport_de_leve_CPS.pdf| access-date=21 October 2019 }}</ref>

==Climate==
[[File:Tuvalu Meteorology Service.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tuvalu Meteorological Service station, Fongafale]]

Funafuti has a [[Earth:Tropical rainforest climate|tropical rainforest climate]] (As defined by the [[Earth:Köppen climate classification|Köppen climate classification]] system). Because it experiences frequent cyclones, it is not considered to have an equatorial climate. The town has no [[Earth:Dry season|dry season]]: It sees an extraordinary amount of rainfall throughout the year. Funafuti has an average of about {{convert|3500|mm}} of precipitation annually, and no month in which less than {{convert|200|mm}} rain falls. As is common in many areas with a tropical rainforest climate, the temperature varies little during the year: Average daily temperatures hover around {{convert|28|C}} year-round.

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|metric first = Yes
|Jan record high C = 33.8
|Feb record high C = 34.4
|Mar record high C = 34.4
|Apr record high C = 33.2
|May record high C = 33.9
|Jun record high C = 33.9
|Jul record high C = 32.8
|Aug record high C = 32.9
|Sep record high C = 32.8
|Oct record high C = 34.4
|Nov record high C = 33.9
|Dec record high C = 33.9
|year record high C = 34.4
|Jan high C = 30.7
|Feb high C = 30.8
|Mar high C = 30.6
|Apr high C = 31.0
|May high C = 30.9
|Jun high C = 30.6
|Jul high C = 30.4
|Aug high C = 30.4
|Sep high C = 30.7
|Oct high C = 31.0
|Nov high C = 31.2
|Dec high C = 31.0
|year high C = 30.8
|Jan mean C = 28.2
|Feb mean C = 28.1
|Mar mean C = 28.1
|Apr mean C = 28.2
|May mean C = 28.4
|Jun mean C = 28.3
|Jul mean C = 28.1
|Aug mean C = 28.1
|Sep mean C = 28.2
|Oct mean C = 28.2
|Nov mean C = 28.4
|Dec mean C = 28.3
|year mean C = 28.2
|Jan low C = 25.5
|Feb low C = 25.3
|Mar low C = 25.4
|Apr low C = 25.7
|May low C = 25.8
|Jun low C = 25.9
|Jul low C = 25.7
|Aug low C = 25.8
|Sep low C = 25.8
|Oct low C = 25.7
|Nov low C = 25.8
|Dec low C = 25.7
|year low C = 25.8
|Jan record low C = 22.0
|Feb record low C = 22.2
|Mar record low C = 22.8
|Apr record low C = 23.0
|May record low C = 20.5
|Jun record low C = 23.0
|Jul record low C = 21.0
|Aug record low C = 16.1
|Sep record low C = 20.0
|Oct record low C = 21.0
|Nov record low C = 22.8
|Dec record low C = 22.8
|year record low C = 16.1
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 413.7
|Feb precipitation mm = 360.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 324.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 255.8
|May precipitation mm = 259.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 216.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 253.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 275.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 217.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 266.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 275.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 393.9
|year precipitation mm = 3512.6
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 20
|Feb precipitation days = 19
|Mar precipitation days = 20
|Apr precipitation days = 19
|May precipitation days = 18
|Jun precipitation days = 19
|Jul precipitation days = 19
|Aug precipitation days = 18
|Sep precipitation days = 16
|Oct precipitation days = 18
|Nov precipitation days = 17
|Dec precipitation days = 19
|year precipitation days = 223
|Jan humidity = 82
|Feb humidity = 82
|Mar humidity = 82
|Apr humidity = 82
|May humidity = 82
|Jun humidity = 82
|Jul humidity = 83
|Aug humidity = 82
|Sep humidity = 81
|Oct humidity = 81
|Nov humidity = 80
|Dec humidity = 81
|year humidity = 82
|Jan sun = 179.8
|Feb sun = 161.0
|Mar sun = 186.0
|Apr sun = 201.0
|May sun = 195.3
|Jun sun = 201.0
|Jul sun = 195.3
|Aug sun = 220.1
|Sep sun = 210.0
|Oct sun = 232.5
|Nov sun = 189.0
|Dec sun = 176.7
|year sun = 
|Jand sun = 5.8
|Febd sun = 5.7
|Mard sun = 6.0
|Aprd sun = 6.7
|Mayd sun = 6.3
|Jund sun = 6.7
|Juld sun = 6.3
|Augd sun = 7.1
|Sepd sun = 7.0
|Octd sun = 7.5
|Novd sun = 6.3
|Decd sun = 5.7
|yeard sun = 6.4
|source 1 = Deutscher Wetterdienst<ref name = DWD>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.dwd.de/DWD/klima/beratung/ak/ak_916430_kt.pdf
| title = Klimatafel von Funafuti / Tuvalu (Ellice-Inseln)
| work = Baseline climate means (1961–1990) from stations all over the world
| publisher = Deutscher Wetterdienst
| language = de
| access-date = 22 November 2016}}</ref>
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==History==
[[File:H-C-Fassett-Ellice-Is-1900.jpg|200px|right|thumb|alt=1900, Woman on Funafuti, Tuvalu, then known as Ellice Islands| Woman on Funafuti; photo by Harry Clifford Fassett (1900), American photographer]]
The oral history of Funafuti is that the founding ancestor came from Samoa.<ref name="Sollas">{{cite journal|author=Prof. W. J. Sollas|date=11 February 1897|title=The Legendary History of Funafuti|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/055353a0.pdf|journal=Nature|volume=55|pages=353–355}}</ref><ref name="Genesis 1983">{{cite book | author= Talakatoa O'Brien| title=Tuvalu: A History, Chapter 1, Genesis| year= 1983 | publisher= Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific and Government of Tuvalu }}</ref><ref name="Kennedy">{{cite journal |first=Donald G. |last=Kennedy |url=http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_38_1929/Field_notes_on_the_culture_of_Vaitupu%2C_Ellice_Islands%2C_by_Donald_Gilbert_Kennedy%2C_p_1-99/p1?action=null |title=Field Notes on the Culture of Vaitupu, Ellice Islands |journal=Journal of the Polynesian Society |volume=38 |year=1929 |pages=2–5 |access-date=14 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015043119/http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_38_1929/Field_notes_on_the_culture_of_Vaitupu%2C_Ellice_Islands%2C_by_Donald_Gilbert_Kennedy%2C_p_1-99/p1?action=null |archive-date=15 October 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> The name of one of the islets, Funafala, means 'the [[Biology:Pandanus|pandanus]] of Funa' ("Funa" is a word meaning "chief" and is also found in the name of the atoll Funafuti).<ref name="CH17">{{cite book |last1= Hedley |first1= Charles |title= General account of the Atoll of Funafuti |url= http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/16686/487_complete.pdf |year= 1896 |publisher= Australian Museum Memoir 3(2): 1–72 |access-date= 28 September 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131015112253/http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/16686/487_complete.pdf |archive-date= 15 October 2013 |url-status= live }}</ref>

The first European to visit Funafuti was Arent Schuyler de Peyster. He was an American from New York, and captain of the armed [[Engineering:Brigantine|brigantine]] or privateer vessel  ''Rebecca'', which was sailing under British colours.<ref name="deP">{{cite book |last1=De Peyster |first1= J. Watts 1821–1907.|title= Military (1776–'79) transactions of Major, afterwards Colonel, 8th or King's foot, Arent Schuyler de Peyster (with details of the discovery of the Ellice and de Peyster Islands in the Pacific Ocean, in May, 1819)|publisher=Reproduction of original in: Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec  |isbn=0665040512}}</ref><ref name="DeP2">{{cite web|title= The De Peysters|url= http://corbett-family-history.com/de-peyster|access-date= 14 August 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170703170833/http://corbett-family-history.com/de-peyster|archive-date= 3 July 2017|url-status= live}}</ref> In May 1819, de Peyster passed through the southern Tuvalu waters, and sighted Funafuti. He named it Ellice's Island, after an English politician, Edward Ellice, who was the member of parliament for Coventry and the owner of the ''Rebecca''{{'}}s cargo.<ref>Laumua Kofe, Palagi and Pastors, ''Tuvalu: A History'', Ch. 15, Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific and Government of Tuvalu, 1983</ref>

In 1841, the United States Exploring Expedition, led by Charles Wilkes, visited Funafuti.<ref>Tyler, David B. – 1968 ''The Wilkes Expedition. The First United States Exploring Expedition'' (1838–42). Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society</ref> The United States claimed Funafuti based on the 1856 Guano Islands Act, and maintained this claim until 1983, when a treaty of friendship, concluded in 1979, went into effect.

In the 1850s, John (Jack) O'Brien became the first European to settle in Tuvalu. He became a trader on Funafuti and married Salai, the daughter of Funafuti's paramount chief.<ref name="TIC">{{cite web |work=Tuvaluislands.com |title=A Brief History of Tuvalu: Christianity and European Traders |url=http://www.tuvaluislands.com/history.htm |access-date=15 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813092349/http://www.tuvaluislands.com/history.htm |archive-date=13 August 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> with his name continuing on Funafuti.<ref name="MAN1">{{cite web | last =Lambert | first =Sylvester M. | work =Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego | title =Young woman, member of the O'Brien family, Funafuti, Tuvalu | url =http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb13661628 | access-date =25 January 2017 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170202025500/http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb13661628 | archive-date =2 February 2017 | url-status =live }}</ref> Alfred Restieaux, a native of England, lived and worked as a trader on Funafuti from July 1881 until about 1888 or 1889.<ref name="JRar3">{{cite web|first= Jane|last= Resture|title= Alfred Restieaux Manuscripts – Part 2|url= http://www.janeresture.com/ar3.htm|publisher= Jane Resture|access-date= 23 March 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130307132104/http://www.janeresture.com/ar3.htm|archive-date= 7 March 2013|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="DM80">{{cite web|first=Doug|last=Munro|title=Tom De Wolf's Pacific Venture: The Life History of a Commercial Enterprise in Samoa|year=1980|url=https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/PacificStudies/article/download/9023/8672|access-date=23 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002080826/https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/PacificStudies/article/download/9023/8672|archive-date=2 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1882, members of the US Fish Commission visited Funafuti to investigate the formation of coral reefs on Pacific [[Earth:Atoll|atoll]]s, sailing there on the ''USFC Albatross''. During that visit, Harry Clifford Fassett, the captain's clerk and a photographer, took pictures of people, communities, and scenery in Funafuti.<ref name="NARA">{{cite web|title=National Archives & Records Administration|url=https://www.archives.gov|publisher=Records of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S.|access-date=20 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920202419/http://www.archives.gov/|archive-date=20 September 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

Thomas Andrew, a photographer, visited Funafuti around 1885–86.<ref name="AT2">{{cite web|last= Andrew|first= Thomas|title= Washing Hole Funafuti. From the album: Views in the Pacific Islands|publisher= Collection of Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa)|year= 1886|url= http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?irn=1238498|access-date= 10 April 2014|archive-url= https://archive.today/20140411050242/http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?irn=1238498|archive-date= 11 April 2014|url-status= live}}</ref>

In 1892, Captain Davis of {{HMS|Royalist|1883|6}} provided a report describing the traders and trading activities he observed on each of the islands he visited. Davis identified Jack O'Brien as a trader on Funafuti,<ref name="JRdd">{{cite web|first= Jane|last= Resture|title= ''TUVALU HISTORY'' – 'The Davis Diaries' (''H.M.S. Royalist, ''1892 visit to Ellice Islands under Captain Davis'')|url= http://www.janeresture.com/tuvalu_davis/index.htm|access-date= 20 September 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110830021646/http://www.janeresture.com/tuvalu_davis/index.htm|archive-date= 30 August 2011|url-status= live}}</ref> and O’Brien was also reported to be living on the atoll in 1896.<ref name="CH-GA">{{cite journal |ref= Hedley |last1= Hedley |first1= Charles |title= General account of the Atoll of Funafuti |url= http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/16686/487_complete.pdf |year= 1896 |journal= Australian Museum Memoir |volume= 3 |issue= 2 |pages= 1–72 |doi= 10.3853/j.0067-1967.3.1896.487 |access-date= 28 September 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131015112253/http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/16686/487_complete.pdf |archive-date= 15 October 2013 |url-status= live }}</ref>

In 1894 Count Rudolph Festetics de Tolna, his wife Eila (née Haggin), and her daughter Blanche Haggin visited Funafuti aboard the yacht ''Le Tolna''.<ref>Festetics De Tolna, Comte Rodolphe, ''Chez les cannibales: huit ans de croisière dans l'océan Pacifique à bord du'', Paris: Plon-Nourrit, 1903</ref><ref name="QBFR">{{cite book |title= "The Aristocrat and His Cannibals" Count Festetics von Tolna's travels in Oceania, 1893–1896 |publisher= musée du quai Branly|date=2007}}</ref> The Count spent several days photographing men and woman of Funafuti.<ref name="NMK">{{cite web|title= Néprajzi Múzeum Könyvtára|url= http://www.neprajz.hu|publisher= The library of the Ethnographic Museum of Hungary|access-date= 20 September 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110721111935/http://www.neprajz.hu/|archive-date= 21 July 2011|url-status= live}}</ref>

The population of Funafuti during the years 1860 to 1900 is estimated to have been between 280<ref>{{cite journal |first=W. F. |last=Newton |title=The Early Population of the Ellice Islands |volume=76 |issue=2 |year=1967 |journal=Journal of the Polynesian Society |pages=197–204 }}</ref> and 300 people.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Richard |last1=Bedford |first2=Barrie |last2=Macdonald |first3=Doug |last3=Monro |title=Population Estimates for Kiribati and Tuvalu |year=1980 |volume=89 |issue=1 |journal=Journal of the Polynesian Society |pages=199 }}</ref> The Funafuti Post Office opened around 1911.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=ge&country= | access-date = 5 July 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140106061201/https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=ge&country= | archive-date = 6 January 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref>

During the Pacific War (World War II) the Ellice Islands were used as a base to prepare for the subsequent seaborn attacks on the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) that were occupied by Japanese forces.<ref name="PMcQ">{{cite book |last1=McQuarrie |first1=Peter |title= Strategic atolls: Tuvalu and the Second World War |year= 1994 |publisher= Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury/ Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific |isbn=0958330050}}</ref> The United States Marine Corps 5th Defense Battalion landed on Funafuti on 2 October 1942;<ref name="pacificwrecks1">{{cite web| title=Tuvalu (Ellice Islands) |url= http://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/tuvalu.html| access-date=1 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?15213-Unsung-battle-Fighting-at-Funafuti-Atoll-played-an-important-role-in-World-War-II | title=Unsung battle: Fighting at Funafuti Atoll played an important role in World War II }}</ref> the operation was kept secret until the Japanese discovered it for themselves on 27 March 1943.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/operation_fetlock_funafuti_atoll.html | title=Occupation of Funafuti Atoll (Operation Fetlock), 2 October 1942 }}</ref>

On Funafuti the islanders were shifted to the smaller islets so as to allow the American forces to build an airfield (now Funafuti International Airport), a 76-bed hospital and the Naval Base Funafuti port facilities on Fongafale islet.<ref name="BTI">{{cite web | last = Jersey | first = Stanley C. | work = The Battle for Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll | title = A Japanese Perspective: Operations in the Gilbert Islands by the 4th Fleet and the 6th Base Force | date = 29 February 2004 | url = http://tarawaontheweb.org/stanjersy1.htm | access-date = 8 June 2015 | archive-date = 7 September 2004 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040907215955/http://tarawaontheweb.org/stanjersy1.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="TAHMT">{{cite book |first1=Melei |last1=Telavi |editor-first1=Hugh |editor-last1=Larcy |title=Tuvalu: A History|year= 1983 |publisher= University of the South Pacific/Government of Tuvalu|pages=140–144 |chapter= Chapter 18, War }}</ref>

===Darwin's Drill===
There is a site on Funafuti called ''Darwin's Drill'', where boreholes were drilled in 1896, 1897 and 1898, by the Royal Society of London, as part of a scientific investigation designed to find out whether traces of shallow-water organisms could be found deep down in the coral. It was intended as a test of [[Biography:Charles Darwin|Charles Darwin]]'s [[Biology:The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs|theory of coral atoll formation]].<ref name="PDN1">{{cite book|last1=Lal|first1=Andrick|title=South Pacific Sea Level & Climate Monitoring Project – Funafuti atoll|url=http://www.pacificdisaster.net/oip/FinalReport/Annex/3_Survey%20LDP/Survey_Diagrams_JPACE-TV.pdf|publisher=SPC Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC Division of SPC)|pages=35 & 40|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203011855/http://www.pacificdisaster.net/oip/FinalReport/Annex/3_Survey%20LDP/Survey_Diagrams_JPACE-TV.pdf|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17092086 |title=TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=11 September 1934 |access-date=20 June 2012 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Professor Sollas, the leader of the 1896 expedition, published a report on the study of the atoll.<ref name="JSW">{{cite journal |author= Sollas, William J. |title= Funafati: the study of a coral atoll|journal= Natural Science  |volume= 14|year= 1899 |pages=17–37 }}</ref> Professor [[Biography:Edgeworth David|Edgeworth David]] of the University of Sydney was a member of the 1896 expedition, and the leader of the 1897 expedition.<ref>Branagan, D.F. (2005): ''T.W. Edgeworth David: A Life: Geologist, Adventurer and "Knight in the Old Brown Hat"'', National Library of Australia, Canberra, pp. 85–105. {{ISBN|0 642 10791 2}}</ref><ref>David, Mrs Edgeworth, ''Funafuti or Three Months on a Coral Atoll: an unscientific account of a scientific expedition'', London: John Murray, 1899</ref> Photographers on the expeditions recorded people, communities and scenes at Funafuti.<ref>Photography Collection, University of Sydney Library</ref>

In respect of its role in testing the theory, Funafuti atoll was included by the [[Organization:International Union of Geological Sciences|International Union of Geological Sciences]] (IUGS) in its assemblage of 100 'geological heritage sites' around the world in a listing published in October 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=The First 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites |url=https://iugs-geoheritage.org/videos-pdfs/iugs_first_100_book_v2.pdf |website=IUGS International Commission on Geoheritage |publisher=IUGS |access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref>

==Cyclones of 1883 and 1972==
George Westbrook, a trader based on Funafuti, recorded a [[Physics:Tropical cyclone|tropical cyclone]] that struck Funafuti on 23–24 December 1883. At the time the cyclone struck, he was the lone inhabitant of Fongafale, because Tema, a Samoan missionary, had taken everyone else to Funafala to work on erecting a church. The cyclone destroyed the buildings in Fongafale, including the church and the trading stores belonging to George Westbrook and Alfred Restieaux. Little damage occurred at Funafala, however, and the people returned to rebuild at Fongafale.<ref name="BGBKE">{{cite journal |author= McLean, R.F. and Munro, D. |url= http://uspaquatic.library.usp.ac.fj/gsdl/collect/spjnas/index/assoc/HASH0199.dir/doc.pdf |title= Late 19th century Tropical Storms and Hurricanes in Tuvalu |journal= South Pacific Journal of Natural History |volume= 11 |year= 1991 |pages= 213–219 |access-date= 10 April 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190410113306/http://uspaquatic.library.usp.ac.fj/gsdl/collect/spjnas/index/assoc/HASH0199.dir/doc.pdf |archive-date= 10 April 2019 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="H83">{{cite book |last1= Resture |first1= Jane |title= Hurricane 1883 |url= http://www.janeresture.com/hurribebe/hurricanebebe2.htm |publisher= Tuvalu and the Hurricanes: ‘Gods Who Die’ by Julian Dana as told by George Westbrook |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170908231226/http://www.janeresture.com/hurribebe/hurricanebebe2.htm |archive-date= 8 September 2017 |url-status= live }}</ref>

[[File:Ocean side Funafuti.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ocean side of Funafuti atoll showing the storm dunes, the highest point on the atoll.]]
In 1972, Funafuti lay in the path of Cyclone Bebe during the 1972–73 South Pacific cyclone season. Bebe was a pre-season [[Physics:Tropical cyclone|tropical cyclone]] that hit the Gilbert, Ellice, and Fiji island groups.<ref name="BOM1975">Bureau of Meteorology (1975) ''Tropical Cyclones in the Northern Australian Regions 1971–1972'' Australian Government Publishing Service</ref> The cyclone system was first spotted on 20 October. It intensified and grew in size through 22 October. At about 4 p.m. on Saturday the 21st, sea water bubbled through the coral on the airfield and rose to a height of about {{convert|5|ft|m}}. Cyclone Bebe continued to ravage the area through Sunday 22 October. The Ellice Islands Colony's ship ''Moanaraoi'', which was in the lagoon, survived. However, three tuna boats were wrecked. Waves broke over the atoll. Five people died: two adults and a 3-month-old child were swept away by waves, and two sailors who had been in the wrecked tuna boats were drowned.<ref name="HB72">{{cite book |last1= Resture |first1= Jane |title= Hurricane Bebe 1972 |url= http://www.janeresture.com/hurribebe/hurricanebebe2.htm |date= 5 October 2009 |publisher= Tuvalu and the Hurricanes: 'The Hurricane in Funafuti, Tuvalu' by Pasefika Falani (Pacific Frank) |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170908231226/http://www.janeresture.com/hurribebe/hurricanebebe2.htm |archive-date= 8 September 2017 |url-status= live }}</ref> Cyclone Bebe knocked down 90% of the area's houses and trees. The storm surge created a wall of coral rubble along the ocean side of Fongafale and Funafala that was about {{convert|10|mi}} long, and was about {{convert|10|ft|m}} to {{convert|20|ft|m}} thick at the bottom.<ref name="HB72"/><ref name="MJE">{{cite journal |author= Maragos J.E., Baines G.B., Beveridge P.J.|title= Tropical Cyclone creates a New Land Formation on Funafuti |journal= Science  |volume= 181|year= 1973 |issue= 4105 |pages=1161–4|doi= 10.1126/science.181.4105.1161 |pmid= 17744290 |s2cid= 35546293 }}</ref><ref name="GBK">{{cite journal |author= Baines, G.B.K., Beveridge, P.J. & Maragos, J.E.|title= Storms and island building at Funafuti Atoll, Ellice Islands |journal= Proceedings of the 2nd Int. Coral Reef Symposium |year= 1974 }}</ref><ref name="NG15">{{cite web | last = Warne | first = Kennedy | work = National Geographic | title = Will Pacific Island Nations Disappear as Seas Rise? Maybe Not – Reef islands can grow and change shape as sediments shift, studies show | date = 13 February 2015 | url = http://news-beta.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/150213-tuvalu-sopoaga-kench-kiribati-maldives-cyclone-marshall-islands/ | access-date = 14 February 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150214031223/http://news-beta.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/150213-tuvalu-sopoaga-kench-kiribati-maldives-cyclone-marshall-islands/ | archive-date = 14 February 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The storm surge also destroyed or contaminated the area's sources of fresh drinking water.

==Educational institutions==
[[File:Fetuvalu High School on Funafuti atoll, Tuvalu.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Water storage tanks installed at Fetuvalu High School]]

Four tertiary institutions on Funafuti offer technical and vocational courses: Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute (TMTI), Tuvalu Atoll Science Technology Training Institute (TASTII), Australian Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) and University of the South Pacific (USP) Extension Centre.<ref name="USP2020-7">{{cite web|url= https://www.usp.ac.fj/news/story.php?id=3268|title= Tuvalu Theory of Change Coalition Consultation|publisher= The University of the South Pacific|date= 6 July 2020|access-date= 10 January 2021|archive-date= 11 January 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210111230331/https://www.usp.ac.fj/news/story.php?id=3268|url-status= dead}}</ref>

There are two junior schools, the Seventh Day Adventist Primary School and Nauti Primary School, which has a register of more than 900 pupils and is the largest primary school in Tuvalu (45 per cent of the total primary school enrolment).<ref name="MDG">{{cite web | last =2012 Population & Housing Census Preliminary Analytical Report | work =Ministry of Education and Sports, and Ministry of Finance and Economic Development from the Government of Tuvalu; and the United Nations System in the Pacific Islands | title =Tuvalu: Millennium Development Goal Acceleration Framework – Improving Quality of Education | date =April 2013 | url =http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/MDG/MDG%20Acceleration%20Framework/MAF%20Reports/RBAP/MAF%20Tuvalu-FINAL-%20April%204.pdf | access-date =13 October 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140213133607/http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/MDG/MDG%20Acceleration%20Framework/MAF%20Reports/RBAP/MAF%20Tuvalu-FINAL-%20April%204.pdf | archive-date =13 February 2014 | url-status =live }}</ref>

The Church of Tuvalu operates Fetuvalu Secondary School.<ref name="FHS">{{cite web | title= Fetuvalu High School (Funafuti) | url= http://wikimapia.org/10435819/Fetuvalu-High-School | access-date= 20 November 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130927210334/http://wikimapia.org/10435819/Fetuvalu-High-School | archive-date= 27 September 2013 | url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="AHK">{{cite web | last= Holowaty Krales | first= Amelia | title= TB Workshop at Fetu Valu Secondary School | date= 10 March 2011 | url= http://ameliaholowatykrales.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/tb-workshop-at-fetu-valu-secondary.html | access-date= 20 November 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130928133342/http://ameliaholowatykrales.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/tb-workshop-at-fetu-valu-secondary.html | archive-date= 28 September 2013 | url-status= live }}</ref> The University of the South Pacific (USP)<ref name="USPt1">{{cite web| work= Welcome to the Tuvalu Campus| title= University of the South Pacific – Tuvalu Campus|year= 2019| url= https://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=3666| access-date= 28 August 2019| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180425224152/https://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=3666| archive-date= 25 April 2018| url-status= live}}</ref> Extension Centre on Funafuti operates the Augmented Foundation Programme for sixth form students who pass their Pacific Secondary School Certificate (PSSC) so that the students can enter tertiary education programmes outside of Tuvalu. The Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute (TMTI) is located on Amatuku [[Earth:Islet|motu]] (islet).

==Transportation==
[[File:Funafuti banner Beach.jpg|thumb|right|upright|600px|Funafuti beach (2013)]]
Funafuti International Airport {{airport codes|FUN|NGFU}} is located on Fongafale.

[[Biology:Fiji Airways|Fiji Airways]], the owner of Fiji Airlines (trading as Fiji Link) operates air transport services three times per week (on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) between [[Place:Suva|Suva]] and Funafuti. The flights originate in Nadi, and use [[Engineering:ATR 72|ATR 72]]-600 aircraft, which can carry up to 68 passengers.

In addition, Air Kiribati operates one flight a week to Funafuti, using a [[Engineering:Bombardier Dash 8|Bombardier Dash 8]] 100 series aircraft, which can carry up to 35 passengers.<ref name="AK">{{cite web |title=Funafuti Service |publisher=Air Kiribati |year=2018 |url=http://www.airkiribati.com.ki/funafuti-service |access-date=9 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108101950/http://www.airkiribati.com.ki/funafuti-service |archive-date=8 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Fongafale has port facilities and two passenger/cargo ships, ''Nivaga III'' and ''Manu Folau'', which make roundtrips between Fongafale and the outer islands about once every three or four weeks, and also travel between [[Place:Suva|Suva]], Fiji,<ref>[http://www.shipping.com.fj Fiji shipping agent, Williams & Gosling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215212740/http://www.shipping.com.fj/ |date=15 December 2018 }}.</ref> and Funafuti about three or four times a year.

In 2015 the Japanese government donated a ship, the ''Nivaga III'', to Tuvalu, to replace the ''Nivaga II'', which had served Tuvalu since 1989.<ref name="FSO0316">{{cite web | last =Moceituba | first =Atasa | title =Brand-new vessel for Tuvalu | work =The Fiji Times | date =3 February 2016 | url =http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=340189 | access-date =17 March 2016 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160324094852/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=340189 | archive-date =24 March 2016 | url-status =dead }}</ref>

==Constituency==
Funafuti is one of the eight constituencies in Tuvalu, and elects two members of parliament. In the 2024 general election, Simon Kofe was re-elected, Tuafafa Latasiwas elected, however Kausea Natano was not re-elected to parliament.<ref name="RNZ-24-1-27">{{cite news| url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/507716/tuvalu-general-election-six-newcomers-in-parliament | title=Tuvalu general election: Six newcomers in parliament |work=Radio New Zealand |date= 29 January 2024 |access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="PDV-24-1-30">{{cite news |last1=Marinaccio|first1=Jess |title=Tuvalu’s 2024 general election: a new political landscape|url=https://devpolicy.org/2024-tuvalu-general-election-a-changing-political-landscape-20240130/ |access-date=30 January 2024 |work=PolicyDevBlog|date=30 January 2024}}</ref>

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| party = Non-partisan
| votes = 331
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| candidate = Iosua Samasoni
| party = Non-partisan
| votes = 53
| percentage = 4.70
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Luke Paeniu
| party = Non-partisan
| votes = 37
| percentage = 0.13
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
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==Prominent local people==
* Sir Toaripi Lauti, {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCMG|PC}} (28 November 1928 – 25 May 2014): first Chief Minister of the Ellice Islands (from 2 October 1975 to 1 October 1978); first Prime Minister of Tuvalu (from 1 October 1978 to 8 September 1981); third Governor General of Tuvalu (from 1 October 1990 to 1 December 1993)
* Sir Kamuta Latasi, {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCMG|OBE|PC|MP}} (born 1936): fourth Prime Minister of Tuvalu (from 1993 to 1996); Speaker of the Parliament of Tuvalu (2006 to September 2010, and December 2010 to March 2014)

==See also==
* Funafuti Conservation Area
* History of Tuvalu
* List of Guano Island claims
* '''''<small> </small>'''''

==External sources==
*{{cite journal|ref=Hedley|last1= Hedley |first1= Charles|title= General account of the Atoll of Funafuti|url= http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/16686/487_complete.pdf |year= 1896 |journal= Australian Museum Memoir |volume=3|issue=2|pages=1–72 |doi= 10.3853/j.0067-1967.3.1896.487 }}
* {{in lang|en}} {{cite web |author= Kench, Thompson, Ford, Ogawa and McLean |title = GSA DATA REPOSITORY 2015184 (Changes in planform characteristics of 29 islands located on Funafuti's atoll rim)|year =2015|url= https://www.geosociety.org/datarepository/2015/2015184.pdf |publisher= The Geological Society of America|access-date=22 January 2017}}
*{{cite web| last =Lambert | first =Sylvester M.| work= Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego |title= Young woman, member of the O'Brien family, Funafuti, Tuvalu |url= http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb13661628| access-date=18 November 2017}}

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