Tepuka

Tepuka is an island located eighteen kilometers west of Fongafale, northwest of Funafuti, the major atoll of Tuvalu. The tree Hernandia peltata is known as Te puka or Pouka. Tepuka is to the north of the Funafuti Conservation Area, which includes 33 square kilometers (12.74 square miles) of reef, lagoon, and six motu (islets) to the south of Tepuka: Fualopa, Fuafatu, Vasafua, Fuagea (also known as Fuakea), and Tefala.

On the island, there is a well-preserved underground bunker that was an American communications station erected during the Pacific War and connected to the military airstrip on Fongafale.

The island is situated between the smaller islet of Tepuka Vili Vili in the southwest, Te Afualiku in the northeast, the Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Funafuti lagoon of Te Namo on the east. The island has degraded significantly in recent years. Te Ava Tepuka and Te Avua Sari are two adjacent channels that go through Funafuti atoll in the northeast, connecting the islets of Te Afualiku to the northeast and Tepuka to the southwest.

Location: northwest of Funafuti