The Moqua Well is a small

underground lake An underground lake or subterranean lake is a lake underneath the surface of the Earth. Most naturally occurring underground lakes are found in areas of karst topography, where limestone or other soluble rock has been weathered away, leaving a ca ...

, in

Nauru Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies within the Micronesia subregion of Oceania, with its nearest neighbour being Banaba (part of ...

History

During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, Moqua Well was the primary source of drinking water for inhabitants of Nauru."Moqua Caves and Moqua Well"
Gatis Pāvils, 30 October 2011. It is for this reason that the body of water is referred to as a

well A well is an excavation or structure created on the earth by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water. The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The ...

instead of a lake."Nauru – Attractions"
iExplore. In 2001, Nauruan authorities decided to put up a fence to prevent accidents, after an alcohol-related drowning in the same year.

Location

The well is located below the

Yaren district Yaren (in earlier times Makwa/Moqua) is a district of the Pacific island country of Nauru. It is the '' de facto'' capital of Nauru and is coextensive with Yaren Constituency. It is also the fourth-least-populated capital in the world.

. The Moqua Well is not well known, one of a few

attractions Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity on ...

in Nauru. Nearby are the Moqua Caves, a series of

cave Caves or caverns are natural voids under the Earth's Planetary surface, surface. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. Exogene caves are smaller openings that extend a relatively short distance undergrou ...

s below Yaren.

Linguistic disambiguation

The name of the well 'Moqua' (sometimes referred to as 'Makwa') is derived from the former name by which Yaren was known.

History

Location

Linguistic disambiguation

References

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