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Tuvalu

Capital: Funafuti

  • The name Tuvalu is often read as eight standing together. Eight of the nine islands were once inhabited.
  • Funafuti is the world's easternmost capital of a sovereign state, and the country's government sits on this large atoll.
  • Boreholes drilled on Funafuti in 1896 to 1898, known as Darwin's Drill, were made to study how coral reefs form.

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