Moturakau is one of 22 islands in the Aitutaki atoll of the Cook Islands. It is located in the southeast of Aitutaki Lagoon between the larger islands of Rapota and Tekopua, six kilometres to the southeast of the main island of Aitutaki. The island is 460m long and 120m wide.[1]
Moturakau served as a leper colony from the 1930s to 1967.[2] More recently, it was home to the 'Sharks' for four years of the UK reality TV programme Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands and was also used for Survivor: Cook Islands, the 13th season of the American version of Survivor.
References edit
- ^ D. R. Stoddart (13 August 1975). "Reef Islands of Aitutaki". In D.R. Stoddard and P.E. Gibbs (ed.). Atoll Research Bulletin No 190, Almost-Atoll of Aitutaki, Reef Studies in the Cook Islands, South Pacific (PDF). Smithsonian Institution. p. 69-70. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ David Stanley (2000). South Pacific Handbook (7th ed.). Emeryville, CA: Moon. p. 337.
18°55′31″S 159°45′00″W / 18.9254°S 159.7499°W
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