Fatutaka, Fatu Taka or Patu Taka (also known as Mitre Island) is a small high island

High island

In geology , a high island is an island of volcanic origin. The term can be used to distinguish such islands from low islands, whose origin is due to sedimentation or uplifting of coral reefs.-Definition and origin:...

 in the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

 province of Temotu

Temotu

Temotu can refer to:* Temotu Province, a province of the Solomon Islands* Temotu, Tuvalu, an island in Vaitupu, Tuvalu* Temotu, Kiribati, a village on Marakei, Kiribati...

. It is the easternmost landfall in that nation. The island, located at 12°00′36"S 170°10′12"E, is the remnant of an extinct volcano

Volcano

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. It is a small rocky outcropping, rising to an elevation of 122 metres (400 ft). The total land area of the island is 18 hectares (44 acre). Fatutaka lies approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast of Anuta

Anuta

Anuta is a small high island in the southeastern part of the Solomon Islands province of Temotu, the smallest permanently inhabited isolated Polynesian island.-Description:...

. The island's soil is rocky, and not especially fertile, although it has in the past been used as a garden

Garden

A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...

ing location for the people of Anuta.