Vatoa

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Vatoa is an outlier to Fiji's Lau Archipelago. It is the only island of present-day Fiji visited by Captain James Cook. First sighted on 2 July 1774, it was visited the next day by some of Cook's crew. Also known as Turtle Island.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatoa
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Coordinates:   19°49'2"S   178°14'36"W

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  • I once read somewhere that the crew who went ashore left some trinkets for the locals. I wonder what were they(trinkets) and what happened to them. I'm a native of Vatoa. Jiosefa Gavidi
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