Vanua Balavu

Vanua Balavu is the main island of the Northern Lau Group. It is a volcanic island with coral islands around and a coral reef surrounding it. The area is 57km2. Highest height 283m. Population of about 1200 people located in 17 villages, with Lomaloma being the main village with about…

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Lau Islands (and cyclone devastation)

The Lau Islands (Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) is a group of islands lying on the east side of Fiji, literally halfway between the main islands of Viti Levu and Tonga. There are about sixty islands, of which only a third are inhabited. The area is 487km2…

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Ringgold Isles

Ringgold Isles is an archipelago, an outer group of Vanua Levu. The closest island to famous Lacala https://tropicalislands.net/laucala-island/ is the island of Tovuka, about 21 km north. The group is uninhabited, except for Qelelevu Island where people live in the small Naluta village, and Yanuca Island where 60-80 inhabitants live. In…

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Matangi Island

Matangi Island is an island in Fiji, which belongs to the Vanua Levu archipelago. It is located 4km northwest of famous Laucala Island https://tropicalislands.net/laucala-island/ . Its area is 240 acres (94 ha), and it is specific in that it has the shape of a horseshoe! Inside the horseshoe is a bay…

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Laucala Island

Laucala Island is one of the most popular private islands in Fiji, if not the most popular. Its size is 3500 acres (14km2), and its maximum length/width is about 6,2kmX4,3km. It is located 370m from Taveuni (the third largest island in Fiji). The famous founder of the energy drink Red…

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Nananu-i-cake Island

Nananu-i-cake is an island only 650m from the coast of the main island in the northeast. The island has an area of 600 acres (242ha), length / width of about 3km by 1.5km. It also has a small island with him. It has several beaches, a hill, a villa at…

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Macuata Island

Macuata Island is an island about 1.5 km from its home country. Its area is about 100 acres (40ha), length / width 852m by 660m and height 100m.  There are endangered iguanas in island. In August 2015, a picnic fire engulfed the island, and a good part of it burned…

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Vatu-I-Ra Island

Vatu-I-Ra Island is a small island located between the two largest islands of Fiji, in an area known as Bligh Waters or Vatu-I-Ra passage. It is an abandoned island about 5 acres (2 hectares) in size. The nearest island is Viti Levu, about 20 kilometers away. After the famous "Mutiny…

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SauSau (Exile) Island

SauSau Island or Exile Island is a small island (15 acres / 6 ha) that is famous for having Survivor reality filmed on it. The island is about 2.5 km away from Tivi island. It is a specific island as it has flat, hills, vegetation (real ,,Robinson Crusoe" island), but…

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Tivi Island

Tivi Island has an area of about 150 acres (60 ha), length / width of about 2.5 km by 1 km (of which a huge part of the mangroves have grown around the island, without them the dimensions would be about 1.6 km by 820 m). The northern part of…

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