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Depopulated island in Tonga

# ʻAta

ʻAta is a depopulated island in the far southern end of the Tonga archipelago, situated approximately 160 kilometres (99 mi) south-southwest of Tongatapu.

![ʻAta](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Petroglyph_Museum_of_Cholpon-Ata_08.jpg/1920px-Petroglyph_Museum_of_Cholpon-Ata_08.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

ʻAta · Bgag

The place

ʻAta is a depopulated island in the far southern end of the Tonga archipelago, situated approximately 160 kilometres (99 mi) south-southwest of Tongatapu.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBAta), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

## Getting to ʻAta

**Airports:** Fua'amotu (TBU), 164 km\

- Nuku'alofa → ʻAta 37 km · quickest by ferry, 3h 13m · $24–55 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nukualofa-to-ata) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nuku%27alofa&to=%CA%BBAta)
- Vava'u Island → ʻAta Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/vavau-island-to-ata) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Vava%27u+Island&to=%CA%BBAta)
- Nausori → ʻAta 13125 km · quickest by air, 37h 51m · $1,130–1,880 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nausori-to-ata) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nausori&to=%CA%BBAta)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=%CA%BBAta)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

## No local-transport research exists yet for ʻAta

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for ʻAta. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done

1. [Aitutaki](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aitutaki) CK 8 ways of moving, 30 sources 1,752 km
2. [Milford Sound / Piopiotahi](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/milford-sound) NZ 8 ways of moving, 32 sources 2,874 km
3. [K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kgari) AU 8 ways of moving, 31 sources 3,130 km
4. [Bruny Island](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bruny-island) AU 11 ways of moving, 24 sources 4,081 km
5. [Kangaroo Island](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kangaroo-island) AU 9 ways of moving, 17 sources 4,715 km

If you know how people move in ʻAta – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cata&title=%CA%BBAta&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fata), and the note gets an entry.

[The place page for ʻAta](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/ata) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Tonga](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-TO)


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