🏝️ Lakena

Tuvalu · Oceania · 5.65°S, 176.07°E

Lake na or Lakina is an islet of Nanumea atoll, Tuvalu. Nanumean traditions describe Lakena as being formed when sand spilled from the baskets of two women, Pai and Vau, when they were forced off Nanumea by Tefolaha, the Tongan warrior who became the ancestor of the people of Nanumea.

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Quick facts

Country	Tuvalu
Continent / region	Oceania
Coordinates (approx.)	5.65°S, 176.07°E · view on map

Lakena is located in Tuvalu, in Oceania.

More islets in Tuvalu

Fongafale · Motuloa (south of Nukufetau) · Te Motu Olepa.

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