Olohega

E159422

Olohega is the traditional Polynesian name for Swains Island, a remote atoll in the Tokelau region of the South Pacific.

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Olohega canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian place
atoll
island
administeredBy American Samoa
belongsToEthnographicRegion Polynesia
claimedBy New Zealand
surface form: New Zealand (on behalf of Tokelau)

Tokelau
hasAlternativeName Olosega (historical variant for this island)
Swains Island NERFINISHED
hasApproximateCoordinates 11°S (latitude, approximate)
171°W (longitude, approximate)
hasClimate tropical marine
hasCulturalContext Polynesian
Tokelauan
hasDisputedStatus territorial claim by Tokelau
hasEconomicActivity copra production (historically significant)
hasFeature central lagoon (largely filled or closed)
hasIslandType coral atoll
hasLegalStatus privately leased island under U.S. jurisdiction (historically)
hasMainSettlement Taulaga
hasNameEtymology Polynesian origin
hasRegion South Pacific
hasSettlementStatus sparsely populated
hasSovereigntyStatus U.S. unincorporated territory (via American Samoa)
hasSurroundingWaterBody Pacific Ocean
hasTimeZone UTC-11
isPartOf American Samoa
surface form: American Samoa (U.S. territory)

U.S. Pacific unorganized territories
surface form: United States Minor Outlying Islands (broad classification)
isRemote true
liesNorthOf Samoa Islands archipelago
surface form: Samoa Islands
liesSouthOf Tokelau
surface form: Tokelau atolls
locatedIn Polynesia
South Pacific Ocean
Tokelau
surface form: Tokelau region
partOf Tokelau
surface form: Tokelau cultural region
recognizedAs traditional fourth island of Tokelau (in Tokelauan tradition)
sovereignState United States of America
traditionalNameOf Swains Island NERFINISHED
usedLanguageName Samoan language
Tokelauan
surface form: Tokelauan language

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