Rotuma Islands

Rotuma Islands
Mofmanu Beach near Motusa on the main island
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Geographical location	12 ° 30 ′  S , 177 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 12 ° 30 ′  S , 177 ° 5 ′  E
Number of islands	14th
Main island	Rotuma Island
Total land area	46 km²
Residents	2095 (2007)
Nautical chart of the Rotuma Islands

The Rotuma Islands are a small group of South Pacific islands that make up the dependent Rotuma area of the state of Fiji . They consist of about nine forested islands of volcanic origin.

geography

The archipelago is located around 570 km north of the main Fiji island Viti Levu and 469 km northwest of the nearest Fiji island Thikombia . The closest landmass is Niulakita , 369 kilometers northeast of the group. The group consists of a. the following islands:

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

island	Area ( ha )	Distance to the main island ( m )	Location / remarks	Coordinates
Rotuma Island	4410	-	Main island	12 ° 30 ′ 00.0 ″  S , 177 ° 05 ′ 00.0 ″  E
Haua Mea'me'a	1.5	620	off Oinafa (northeast)	12 ° 28 '50.0 "  S , 177 ° 07'24.0"  E
Haua Ti'u	3.1	820	off Oinafa (northeast)	12 ° 28 ′ 42.0 ″  S , 177 ° 07 ′ 30.0 ″  E
Husia Mea'me'a	0.02	200	before Noa'tau (east)	12 ° 30 '59.0 "  S , 177 ° 08'23.0"  E
Husia Ti'u	0.3	170	before Noa'tau (east)	12 ° 31 '02.0 "  S , 177 ° 08'23.0"  E
'Afgaha	3.8	1170	before Noa'tau (east), and Husia Rua	12 ° 31 '21.0 "  S , 177 ° 08'52.0"  E
Sari'i Island	0.36	420	before Noa'tau (east)	12 ° 31 '36.3 "  S , 177 ° 07'11.8"  E
Solcopes	31.5	40	before Noa'tau (east)	12 ° 31 ′ 27.0 ″  S , 177 ° 07 ′ 02.0 ″  E
Solnohu	9.6	70	before Juju (south)	12 ° 31 ′ 34.0 ″  S , 177 ° 05 ′ 28.0 ″  E
Uea	73	3220	West, to Ituʻmuta	12 ° 27 ′ 59.0 ″  S , 176 ° 59 ′ 28.0 ″  E
Hafhaveiaglolo	0.08	3220	west	12 ° 28 ′ 08.2 "  S , 176 ° 58 ′ 16.3"  E
Hofhahoi	0.41	5200	West, near Hfhai	12 ° 28 '34.4 "  S , 176 ° 57' 47.9"  E
Hatana	3.7	5200	West, to Losa in Ituʻtiʻu	12 ° 28 '43.1 "  S , 176 ° 57' 41.4"  E
Hạf'liua	6.1	7400	West, to Ituʻtiʻu	12 ° 29 ′ 53.0 ″  S , 176 ° 56 ′ 06.0 ″  E
Rotuma (archipelago)	4600	-	Archipelago	12 ° 30 ′ 00.0 ″  S , 177 ° 05 ′ 00.0 ″  E

Only the main island ( Rotuma ) is inhabited. Uea was inhabited until the 1930s, with the village of the same name in the east. The islands of the group are either on the fringing reef of Rotuma Island or within (e.g. Solkope ), or in the Western Islands , an eight-kilometer chain of islands from Uea in the north to Hạf'liua in the south, 3.2 to 7 , 4 kilometers west of the main island.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ John Stanley Gardiner: The Natives of Rotuma. IX. Districts and their Government. In: The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1898, Vol. 27, pp. 396–435, here p. 428 ( online )
2. ^ John Stanley Gardiner: The Geology of Rotuma. In: The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 54, Feb. 1898, pp. 1–10 ( online , DOI )