Tuvalu is situated in the southwest Pacific Ocean, to the northeast of Fiji, some five to ten degrees of latitude below the equator. The nation consists of nine islands scattered over 560 square kilometers of ocean, but the actual land area is only 26 square kilometers, less than that of the Neihu district of Taipei.
吐瓦魯，位於西南太平洋上，約在斐濟的東北方，與赤道相隔五到十個緯度，共分為九座群島，散佈在五百六十平方公里的海域中。但實際的陸地面積只有廿六平方公里，還沒有台北市的內湖區大。