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The Duff Islands (Pileni Taumako) are a small island group lying to the northeast of the Santa Cruz islands in the Solomon Islands province of Temotu. They are also sometimes known as the Wilson Islands. Santa Cruz, Spanish & Portuguese for Holy Cross, is the name of several cities, regions, and other geographical features around the world: Santa Cruz, Argentina Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Santa Cruz, Bolivia Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia Santa Cruz, Espirito Santo, Brazil Santa Cruz, Paraíba, Brazil Santa Cruz, Pernambuco, Brazil Santa...
Temotu is the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands. ...
The islands are located at 9°31'48" S. lat., 167°4'48" W. long. Latitude, denoted φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ...
Map of Earth showing curved lines of longitude Longitude, sometimes denoted λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ...
The Duff Islands consist of:
- Taumako, the main island, with nearby Tahua and Tohua
- The Bass Islands: Lua, Kaa and Loreva
- Treasurer's Islands: Tuleki, Te Aku, Lakao and Ulaka
- Hallie Jackson Reef
The inhabitants of the Duff Islands are Polynesians, and their language, Pileni, is a member of the Samoic branch of Polynesian languages. Polynesia (from Greek, poly = many and nesi = island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands in the central and southern Pacific Ocean. ...
The Polynesian languages are a group of related languages spoken in the region known as Polynesia. ...
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External Links - The Vaka Taumako Project (http://www.aloha.net/~vaka/index.html)
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