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title: Tuvalu
date: "2002-11-25T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1023
description: Tuvalu is a tiny island nation where the highest point is under five meters, leading to annual flooding. Despite its small size and environmental vulnerability, it famously provides the .tv top-level domain name.
keywords: [tuvalu, .tv, top-level domain, geography, pacific islands, island nations]
---

[Tuvalu is a small country](http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tv.html) with 11,000 people. It's highest peak is under 5 metres. (Yes, metres.) It pretty much gets submerged every year. Incidentally, it's also the home of the .tv domain name. [via Maltesh](http://maltesh.blogspot.com/2002_11_17_maltesh_archive.html#84698551)