Aerial view of Atiu

Atiu, also known as Enuamanu (meaning land of the birds), is an island lying at 187 km to the northeast of Rarotonga, in the Southern Islands group of the Cook Islands Archipelago. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (824x741, 204 KB)Satellite Image of Atiu, Cook Islands. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (824x741, 204 KB)Satellite Image of Atiu, Cook Islands. ... Rarotonga Island from space, September 1994 A picture taken in Rarotonga. ... Anthem: Te Atua Mou E (God is Truth) Capital Avarua Largest city Avarua (10,000 (est)) Official language(s) English, Cook Islands Maori Government Constitutional monarchy Head of State Queens Representative Prime Minister Queen Elizabeth II Sir Frederick Goodwin Jim Marurai Associated state (self-governing in free association with...

Geography

Atiu is a raised volcanic island surrounded by a reef from which rises 6-m cliffs of fossilized coral (makatea). This coral cliff forms a mile-wide ring round the island, forming a virtual plateau. Erosion at the innerside of the ring has formed dip of about 30-m into fertile land, which gradually rises again to a central 70-m flat-topped hill. A small island in the Adriatic sea An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock, that is completely surrounded by water. ... Subclasses Alcyonaria Zoantharia See text for orders. ... Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University, USA. Erosion is the displacement of solids (soil, mud, rock and other particles) by the agents of wind, water or ice, by downward or down-slope movement in response to gravity or by living organisms (in the case of...

Human settlements

It is on the central hill that most human settlements are concentrated. On the 12 March 2003, the population of Atiu is 571. They live in 5 villages radiating out from the island center that give the appearance of a human figure. These villages are: 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1. Teenui Village
2. Mapumai Village
3. Ngatiarua Village
4. Areora Village
5. Tengatangi Village

Of special interest to tourists could be the Copeka caves situated deep in the makatea, the Atiuan jungle. Atiu also boasts with a bay where Captain Cook originally is said to have landed. Or you can visit the Atiu coffee factory, surely one of the smallest factories on Earth. Or the Atiu fibre arts studio where you can buy tivaivai, a kind of quilted fabric. The coffee factory and the fibre arts studio are run by a German couple, Juergen Manske-Eimke and Andrea Eimke, now already living on Atiu for over twenty years. They also run a small guesthouse.

References

• Atiu Info

External links

• Information and pictures
• Villages
• island map
• link to guesthouse, Atiu fibre arts studio, and Atiu coffee

Coordinates: 19°59′S 158°07′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...