whose main island Vaitupu is home to the capital Funafuti.
Its northernmost island is Nanumea, and its southernmost is Niulakita.  Made up of nine isolated atolls located north of the Wallis and Futuna Islands and southwest of Kiribati, it won its independence in 1978, only three years after separating from the Gilbert Islands.  Originally known as the Ellice Islands, FTP, name this archipelago whose main island Vaitupu is home to the capital Funafuti.
Its northernmost island is Nanumea, and its southernmost is Niulakita.  
Tuvalu