Naitaba

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Naitaba
Naitaba seen from space
Naitaba seen from space
Waters Koro lake
Archipelago Lau Islands
Geographical location 17 ° 1 ′  S , 179 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 1 ′  S , 179 ° 17 ′  W
Naitaba (Fiji)
Naitaba
length 4 km
width 3.3dep1
surface 12 km²
Highest elevation 186  m

Naitauba , Naitamba or Naitaba is an island that belongs to the northern part of the Lau Islands of Fiji . The island of volcanic origin reaches a maximum height of 186 m at its highest point, a flattened mountain top in the southern part. In the past, coconut palms were planted on the approximately 4 km long, 3.4 km wide island to obtain copra , which still dominate the landscape today.

The Canadian actor Raymond Burr bought 1,625 hectares of land on the island in 1965 for copra extraction and cattle breeding . In 1983 Naitaba was sold to Johannine Daist Communion for 2.1 million dollars, whose co-founder Baba Da Free John lived on Naitauba until his death in 2008. A sanctuary or ashram for the believers of the Adidam movement was built on the island .

Ashram of the Adidam Movement

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/detaillinksearch.asp?G_NAME=%2732FA88342CF93774E0440003BA962ED3%27&Diacritics=DC
  2. ↑ http://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/detaillinksearch.asp?G_NAME=%2732FA88342CFA3774E0440003BA962ED3%27&Diacritics=DC
  3. ↑ http://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/detaillinksearch.asp?G_NAME=%2732FA88342CF93774E0440003BA962ED3%27&Diacritics=DC
  4. ↑ Henderson, George Cockburn (1933), The Discoverers of the Fiji Islands: Tasman, Cook, Bligh, Wilson, Bellinghausen, J. Murray, London, 203