And they've been uninhabited for most of time because even in the ancient days, these islands were too far away from the bright lights of Fiji and Hawaii and Tahiti for those ancient Polynesian mariners that were traversing the Pacific so widely.
Selama ini kepulauan itu hampir tidak pernah dihuni karena bahkan di masa lalu, jarak kepulauan ini terlalu jauh dari lampu-lampu di Fiji, Hawaii, dan Tahiti bagi para pelaut Polinesia kuno yang begitu banyak melintasi Pasifik.