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Fineveke

Coordinates: 13°19′38″S 176°13′18″W / 13.32722°S 176.22167°W / -13.32722; -176.22167
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Fineveke
Village
Fineveke is located in Wallis
Fineveke
Fineveke
Location in Wallis Island
Coordinates: 13°19′38″S 176°13′18″W / 13.32722°S 176.22167°W / -13.32722; -176.22167
Country France
Territory Wallis and Futuna
IslandWallis
ChiefdomUvea
DistrictMua
Time zoneUTC+12

Fineveke is a village in Wallis and Futuna. It is located in Mua District on the southwest coast of Wallis Island, just northwest of Halalo. Lake Lanutavake lies just to the northeast.[citation needed]

Overview

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It hosts a small private marina,[1] visible on google maps with 14 boats harbored.[citation needed] The "chief of the rails" of Wallis lived in Fineveke.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Société des Océanistes (2006). Journal de la Société des Océanistes. Musée de l'homme. p. 113. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  2. ^ Burrows, Edwin Grant; Museum, Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1937). Ethnology of Uvea (Wallis island). Bernice P. Bishop Museum. p. 168. Retrieved 10 June 2011.