Aitutaki Atoll

Aitutaki is an island and lagoon in the southern Cook Islands, with low coral islets bordering a broad expanse of water. Polynesian communities settled it long before European ships arrived. In 1789 William Bligh sighted Aitutaki from the Bounty. In 1821 Papeiha, a Christian convert from Bora Bora, came to the island as a missionary.