The artificial island of Tahua already existed when Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernández de Quirós discovered the Duff Islands on 8 April 1606. In the 1930s, Tahua Island measured only 100 by 150 metres, and walls divided the single village there. During the 1950s, the entire Duff Islands population lived on Tahua. The local people physically resemble Melanesians and speak a language called Pileni, that belongs to the Samoic branch of the Polynesian languages.[4][5] The way of life is traditional by subsistence farming and fishing.
tahua, duff, islands, temotu, province, independent, nation, solomon, islands, estimated, terrain, elevation, above, level, some, metres, island, inhabited, history, editthe, artificial, island, already, existed, when, portuguese, explorer, pedro, fernández, q. Tahua is one of the Duff Islands of Temotu Province in the independent nation of Solomon Islands The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is some 23 metres 1 2 3 The island is inhabited History editThe artificial island of Tahua already existed when Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernandez de Quiros discovered the Duff Islands on 8 April 1606 In the 1930s Tahua Island measured only 100 by 150 metres and walls divided the single village there During the 1950s the entire Duff Islands population lived on Tahua The local people physically resemble Melanesians and speak a language called Pileni that belongs to the Samoic branch of the Polynesian languages 4 5 The way of life is traditional by subsistence farming and fishing References edit Tahua Geoview Retrieved 30 July 2018 Tahua Mapcarta Retrieved 30 July 2018 Traveling Luck for Tahua Traveling Luck Retrieved 30 July 2018 Duff Islands John Seach Volcano Live Retrieved 30 July 2018 Duff Islands Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia 1893 1978 Retrieved 30 July 2018 External links editArticle on Duff islands The Archaeology of Taumako A Polynesian Outlier in the Eastern Solomon Islands 9 53 S 167 11 E 9 883 S 167 183 E 9 883 167 183 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tahua amp oldid 1215997789, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
