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Ono-i-Lau is a group of islands within a barrier reef system in the Fijian archipelago of Lau Islands (ono means "six" in the Fijian language).There are four central volcanic islands: Onolevu, Doi (or Ndoi) Lovoni and Ndavura, the uppermost parts of the volcanic edifice rising from the Lau Ridge slightly more than 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) below sea level and on which the reef and other ...
The Lau Islands. The British explorer James Cook reached Vatoa in 1774. By the time of the discovery of the Ono Group in 1820, the Lau archipelago was the most mapped area of Fiji. Political unity came late to the Lau Islands. Historically, they comprised three territories: the Northern Lau Islands, the Southern Lau Islands, and the Moala Islands.
Island Main Town or Capital Other Towns Area (km 2) Population Kadavu Group: Vunisea: 492.933: 10850 Buliya Island: Buliya Island: Solomalawe Point: 1.8: 85 Dravuni: Dravuni
Vatoa and its associated reef, Vuata Vatoa, have a surprising number of shipwrecks, given the closest island to the north is 85 kilometres (46 nmi) and to the south is 105 kilometres (57 nmi), but Vatoa with an elevation of only 50 metres (160 ft) can easily be missed. Some of the wrecks are listed below: 1825: Oeno, Whale ship, Vuata Vatoa
Vuaqava (pronounced [βuaŋˈɡaβa]) is an outlier to Kabara, 5 kilometers to the SSW, in Fiji's Southern Lau Group.It occupies an area of 8.1 km 2.This limestone island has a maximum altitude of 107 meters.
The country comprises an archipelago of more than 332 islands, of which 110 are permanently inhabited, and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about 18,300 km 2 (7,100 sq mi). The two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu , account for 87% of the population of almost 850,000.
NASA Geocover 2000 satellite image Vatu Vara from west. Vatu Vara Island is a Fijian island in the northwest sector of the Lau Group of islands.. The island is 3 km (1.9 mi) in diameter at the base of its 305-metre-high (1,001 ft) summit and is also referred to as "Hat Island" due to the summit's shape.
NASA astronaut image of Ogea Driki and other nearby islands. Ogea Driki (pronounced [oˈŋea ˈndriki]) is a coral atoll covering approximately 4 square kilometres (990 acres) in Fiji's Southern Lau Group. It is 2.7 kilometres (1.7 miles) south of Ogea Levu and 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) east of Fulaga.