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{{Short description|Island in Temotu Province, Solomon Islands}}
{{Infobox Islands
| name = Nukapu
| native_name =
| image_name = Nukapu (ISS002-E-6388).jpg
| image_caption = [[NASA]] picture of Nukapu
| area_km2 =0.7
| location = [[South Pacific Ocean]]
| coordinates =
| map = Solomon Islands
| archipelago = [[Reef Islands]]
| country = {{SOL}}
| country_admin_divisions_title = Province
| country_admin_divisions = [[Temotu Province]]
| highest_mount =
| elevation_m =
| population = 100 (2009)
}}
'''Nukapu''' is one of the islands of the nation of [[Solomon Islands]]. It is in the [[Reef Islands]] group in [[Temotu Province]]; the easternmost province of the Solomons.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nukapu Island: Solomon Islands |url=https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-2206526&fid=754&c=solomon_islands |website=Geographic |publisher=[[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]] |access-date=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Beach at landing-place, Nukapu Island |url=http://www.solomonencyclopaedia.net/objects/D00000877.htm |website=Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia 1893-1978 |access-date=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nukapu Island |url=https://mapcarta.com/16702826 |website=Mapcarta |access-date=26 June 2018}}</ref> The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 15 metres.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nukapu Island |url=http://sb.geoview.info/nukapu_island,2178574 |website=Geoview |access-date=26 June 2018}}</ref>
The island contains a memorial to [[John Coleridge Patteson|Bishop John Patteson]] who was murdered on Nukapu in 1871.
==Population==
As of 2009, the local population was 100 people. The language spoken on Nukapu is [[Pileni language|Pileni]], a member of the [[Polynesian languages|Polynesian]] language family. Pileni is also spoken on the islands of [[Pileni]], [[Nupani]], [[Nifiloli]], [[Aua, Reef Islands|Aua]] and [[Matema Island]] of the [[Reef Islands]], as well as in the [[Taumako]] Islands (also known as the [[Duff Islands]]), some 200 miles to the east. Speakers are thought to be descendants of people from [[Tuvalu]].
==See also==
* [[Nukapu Expedition]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://solomonislands.com.sb/nukapu.html Nukapu on the Solomon Islands]
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