Cakau taboo
| Cakau taboo | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| archipelago | Lau Islands | |
| Geographical location | 17 ° 40 ′ S , 178 ° 32 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 0 | |
| length | 5.1 km | |
| width | 4.9 km | |
| Land area | 0 ha | |
| Lagoon area | 10 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Cakau Tabu , also Thakau Tambu , formerly Gordon Reef of Wilkes is a ring-shaped coral reef in the east of the Lau Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean . Politically, it belongs to the Eastern Division of the island state of Fiji .
geography
Cakau Tabu is located around 25 km east of Tuvuca and 13 km northeast of Yaroua in the east of the Northern Lau Group . The atoll- like, almost square reef lies completely below the sea surface and has a length of around 5 km. The approximately 10 km² large and up to 20 m deep lagoon is almost completely enclosed by a fringing reef, only in the west there are open passages.
fauna
The coral reef is known for its occurrence of smooth giant clams ( Tridacna derasa ), among which the species Tridacna tevoroa was newly discovered here in 1986 and which is considered to be the rarest type of giant clam .
Remarks
- ↑ In Fiji the "c" is pronounced as "th" (as in English "this" ) and the "b" as "mb", so that this spelling can often be found on maps and in literature
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry at geonames.org (English)
- ↑ Sailing Directions (enroute), Pub. 126, Pacific Ocean (PDF; English; 5.1 MB)
- ↑ A Possible New Species of Tridacna from Fiji ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; English; 2.2 MB)
- ↑ Tridacna species ( Memento from June 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), on the website geile-musugeln.de/arten . Retrieved November 21, 2017.
