It is in the Reef Islands group in Temotu Province; the easternmost province of the Solomons.

[1][2][3] The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 15 metres.

[4] The island contains a memorial to Bishop John Patteson who was murdered on Nukapu in 1871.

Speakers are thought to be descendants of people from Tuvalu.

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