Ono-i-Lau
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| archipelago | Lau Islands | |
| Geographical location | 20 ° 39 ′ S , 178 ° 44 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 8th | |
| Main island | Ono Levu (Ono-i-Lau) | |
| length | 7.6 km | |
| width | 5.1 km | |
| Land area | 7.9 km² | |
| Residents | 583 (2002) | |
Ono-i-Lau is an isolated atoll in the southeast of the island state of Fiji in the Pacific Ocean . It is the third southernmost atoll in the Lau Archipelago after Tuvana-i-Ra and Tuvana-i-Colo (ignoring the completely flooded Vuata Ono atoll ) and represents the southernmost inhabited landmass of Fiji.
geography
Ono-i-Lau is a typical atoll with islands in the center of the lagoon - the eroded summit of the former volcano - as well as numerous motus that rest on the outer fringing reef . The atoll has dimensions of 13 × 9 km and has a land area of almost 8 km². The highest point is 113 m above sea level. It is around 90 km from the nearest island Vatoa in the northeast, and around 300 km from the Minerva reefs claimed by Tonga in the south. Centrally located on the largest island, Ono Levu, there is an airfield ( IATA code: ONU, ICAO code: NFOL). The main town of the atoll is Nukuni. Other villages are Lovoni, Matokana and Doi (Ndoi, on the second largest island of the atoll with the same name). The island of Vatoa, 90 km further north, traditionally belongs to Ono-i-Lau with its village of the same name.
The population of the atoll decreased from 767 to 583 between 1982 and 2002.
Individual evidence
- ↑ C. Kustera, VC Vukib and LP Zannc: Long-term trends in subsistence fishing patterns and coral reef fisheries yield from a remote Fijian island , Elsevier BV, August 15, 2005.