Motutapu is a small island east of Rarotonga, within the

Cook Islands The Cook Islands is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately . The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers of ocean. Avarua is its ...

archipelago. It is situated within the Ngatanglia Harbour about off the main island. Map of Rarotonga Island

Etymology

The name "Motutapu" means "Sacred island" in several Polynesian languages.''Vaka Moana – Voyages of the Ancestors'' – Howe, K.R. (Editor), Page 33

References

Islands of the Cook Islands {{CookIslands-geo-stub