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English: Map of Niuafoʻou before the 1943 eruption, showing lava flows and villages of the island. Text : "The island is represented before the last eruption in 1943. Ahau was destroyed in 1853 and Futu in 1929. Based on:(1) Admiralty chart no. 987 ; (2) A. H. Wood, History and Geography of Tonga, p76 (Nuku'alofa, 1932) ; (3) C.S. Ramsay and C.P. Plumb, Tin Can Island, cover map (London, n.d.) ; (4) The Volcano Letter, no. 318, p.1 (Hawaii, 1931)
Français : Carte de l'île de Niuafoʻou avant l'éruption de 1943, montrant les différentes coulées de lave et les villages de l'île.
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Source http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/pacific_islands_1943_1945/niuafoou_tonga.jpg Geographical Handbook Series, Great Britain. Admiralty. Naval Intelligence Division, 1943-1945 - Volume III : Western Pacific (Tonga to Solomon Islands), 1944.
Author Admiralty. Naval Intelligence Division.

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