Manihiki Atoll

Manihiki Atoll

formerly  Humphrey's Island 

      one of the northern Cook Islands, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean. A coral atoll comprising 12 islets, it was discovered by U.S. mariners (1822) and often visited by whalers during the 19th century. In 1888 Great Britain declared a protectorate over the Cook Islands, which were subsequently annexed by New Zealand in 1901. Export of pearl shell and high-quality copra is hampered by the poor condition of the only anchorage, at the main settlement, Tauhunu. In the 1990s the farming of oysters for cultured black pearls became the atoll's main economic activity. The name Manihiki sometimes also refers to the entire group of the northern Cooks. Area (land) 2.1 square miles (5.4 square km). Pop. (2006 prelim.) 351.

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