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Laucala. / 16.75000°S 179.68333°W / -16.75000; -179.68333. Laucala (pronounced [lauˈðala]) is one of a triplet of small islands that lie to the east of Thurston Point on the island of Taveuni in Fiji. The privately owned islands are the site of the Laucala Resort. The total land area of the main island is 12 km 2 (4.6 sq mi).
84.7km south of Labasa. Na Savu, Feejee, with the Na Savu at Anchor (March 1853, X, p.24) [1] Savusavu ( Fijian pronunciation: [saβusaβu]) is a town in the Fijian Province of Cakaudrove. The town is located on the south coast of Vanua Levu Island and had a population of 3,372 in the 2007 census. Savusavu is known as "the hidden paradise of Fiji."
Vanua Levu (pronounced [βaˈnua ˈleβu], lit. 'Big Land', Hindi: वानुआ लेवु ), formerly known as Sandalwood Island, is the second largest island of Fiji. Located 64 kilometres (40 miles) to the north of the larger Viti Levu, the island has an area of 5,587.1 square kilometres (2,157.2 sq mi) and a population of 135,961 as of ...
fiji.gov.fj. Fiji[ n 1] ( / ˈfiːdʒi / ⓘ FEE-jee, / fiːˈdʒiː / fee-JEE; [ 11] Fijian: Viti, [ˈβitʃi]; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, Fijī ), officially the Republic of Fiji, [ n 2] is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1,100 nautical miles (2,000 km; 1,300 mi) north-northeast of ...
Topography of Fiji. Fiji is a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific, lying about 4,450 kilometres (2,765 mi) southwest of Honolulu and 1,770 km (1,100 mi) north of New Zealand. Of the 332 islands and 522 smaller islets making up the archipelago, about 106 are permanently inhabited. [ 1] The total land size is 18,272 km 2 (7,055 sq mi ...
This is a list of islands of Fiji. Fiji is an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. ... Viwa Island: 4.602: 1 Waya Island: 22.43: 1 Wayasewa: 6.53: 1 White Rock: 0.01: 0 ...
Moturiki. Coordinates: 17°45′S 178°45′E. The skeleton of Mana. Moturiki is an island belonging to Fiji 's Lomaiviti Archipelago. Covering an area of 10.9 square kilometers, [1] it is situated at 17.45° South and 178.44° East. To the north-east is the nearby island of Ovalau. [1]
The first recorded presence of a lascar (Indian seaman) in Fiji was by Peter Dillon, a sandalwood trader in Fiji. The lascar survived a ship wreck and lived amongst the natives of Fiji in 1813. [1] Dillon has written about Lascar Joe who, according to the Cyclopedia of Fiji, [2] deserted from the brig Hibernia.