Funafuti Lagoon

About the Lagoon

Funafuti is the capital atoll of Tuvalu, one of the world's smallest and most remote nations. The Funafuti Lagoon, enclosed by a narrow ring of coral islets, spans approximately 275 square kilometers and is the heart of this tiny Pacific nation. The atoll's distinctive ring shape, formed over millennia by coral growth, shelters a vast turquoise lagoon that sustains local communities and hosts the Funafuti Conservation Area, a marine protected zone of extraordinary biodiversity.