Niuafoou travel guide

Niuafo ou (meaning: new coconut) is the most northerly island in the kingdom of Tonga. It is a volcanic rim island of 15 km² and with a population of approximately 750. The island is located in the southern Pacific Ocean between Fiji and Samoa, 574 km north of Tongatapu island group and 337 kilometers northwest of Vava u. It is a still active volcano.
Other names for the island are Good Hope island and Tin Can island. The latter name originated from the fact that, since the island has neither a natural harbor nor a wharf, in earlier times, mail was delivered and picked up by strong swimmers who would retrieve packages, "sealed up in a biscuit tin" and thrown overboard from passing ships. An early trader, named Walter George Quensell, acted as postmaster at that time and stamped the mail with colourfull marks which have become a collectors' item. The Tongan government took over this tradition with special Niuafo ou stamps since 1983.
Niuafo ou is a volcano located on an underwater ridge 190 kilometers west of the line of all the other volcanoes of Tonga. The island is a steep-sided calderas; the rim is over 120 meters high, rising to a height of 250 meters at Mokotu. The coastline is rocky and steep with only a few stony black sand beaches. The only landing place on the island is the end of a lava flow at Futu, in the west. All the villages are in the north and east. Public places like the postoffice, telecommunications station and airport are in Angahā in the north, while a highschool is located in Mu a. (...) more....

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