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Aitutaki

The Bounty's stop before the mutiny, and a famous lagoon.

Population
1,782 (2021)
Bounty arrives
April 11, 1789

Then

  1. 1789

    Captain Bligh and the Bounty arrive on April 11.

  2. 1942

    Two wartime airstrips are finished on November 14.

Now

Aitutaki is the second most-populated Cook Island.

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