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Island of Futuna, Pacific Ocean - site of last cannibalism in Futuna island, Pacific Ocean. Let's travel to the remote island of Futuna in the South Pacific Ocean and let's visit the world's last historic site where cannibalism was practiced until 1868. This is the world's last existing cannibalism site that can be visited and it is treated with religious respect, watch the video and you will learn quite a bit about it.
We are visiting Futuna which is an 80 km2 (30 sq mi) island with a population of 3,225 and a maximum elevation of 500 m (1,600 ft) in the Pacific Ocean, belonging to the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. It is one of the Hoorn Islands or Îles Horne, nearby Alofi being the other. They are both a remnant of an old extinct volcano, now bordered with a fringing reef.
Futuna is where Pierre Chanel was martyred in 1841, becoming Polynesia's only Catholic saint. The cathedral of Poi now stands on the site where he was martyred.
Futuna takes its name from an endonym derived from the local futu, meaning fish-poison tree.
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