Ogea (Fiji)

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Ogea (Ongea)
NASA image of Ogea
NASA image of Ogea
Waters Pacific Ocean
archipelago Lau Islands
Geographical location 19 ° 9 ′  S , 178 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 9 ′  S , 178 ° 25 ′  W
Ogea (Fiji) (Fiji)
Ogea (Fiji)
Number of islands 2
Main island Ogea Levu
length 13 km
width 10 km
Land area 13.3 km²
Highest elevation 91  m
Residents

Ogea [ oˈŋea ], also known as Ongea , is an atoll in the southeast of the Lau Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean . Politically, it belongs to the Eastern Division of the island state of Fiji .

geography

Ogea is located around 10 km east of Fulaga , 50 km southeast of Namuka-i-Lau and a good 100 km north-northwest of the isolated island of Vatoa . Ogea consists of numerous tiny islets as well as two large islands: the larger Ogea Levu (also Ongea Levu , dt. "Great Ogea") in the center of the atoll with a height of 83 m and the uninhabited Ogea Driki (also Ongea Ndriki , dt. " Klein Ogea ”) in the south with a height of 93 m above sea level. The total land area is 13.3 km². The islands are almost completely surrounded by a fringing reef , only in the southwest the 228 m wide and 24 m deep Barracouta Passage allows an entry into the lagoon . Ogea is inhabited; the largest settlement of the same name is located on a bay in the south of Ogea Levu. Only about one kilometer northeast of Ogea is the almost round reef Thakau Tetika, which is dangerous for shipping .

administration

Ogea belongs to the province of the Lau Islands in the Eastern Division , and forms a village ( koro ) in the historic district ( tikina ) Vulaga , the main part of which is the atoll Fulaga seven kilometers to the west with the other villages Muanaira , Muanaicake and Naividamu .

fauna

Ogea is the home of the endemic and endangered rust breast monarch ( Mayrornis versicolor ) with only around 2000 individuals in its population . Other land bird species that occur are the marsh harrier ( Circus approximans ) and the barn owl ( Tyto alba ).

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Remarks

  1. ↑ In Fiji the "g" is pronounced as "ng", so that this spelling can often be found on maps and in literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ UNEP Islands Directory (English)
  2. ↑ Sailing Directions (enroute), Pub. 126, Pacific Ocean (PDF; English; 5.1 MB)
  3. ↑ BirdLife International (2011) Species factsheet: Mayrornis versicolor (English)