Vuata Vatoa
| Vuata Vatoa | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| archipelago | Lau Islands | |
| Geographical location | 19 ° 54 ′ S , 178 ° 18 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 0 | |
| length | 7.2 km | |
| width | 4.1 km | |
| Land area | 0 ha | |
| Lagoon area | 20 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Vuata Vatoa is a ring-shaped coral reef 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
Vuata Vatoa is only about 10 km southwest of the island of Vatoa , the second most southern inhabited land mass of Fiji. The atoll- like reef lies completely below the sea surface and has a length of 7.2 km and a width of up to 4.1 km. The lagoon , which is completely enclosed by a fringing reef, has an area of around 20 km². Because of its short distance to neighboring Vatoa - the two fringing reefs are only 2 km apart - the reef poses a great danger to shipping. Numerous ships crashed here, including the Oeno from Nantucket in 1825 , the ship to which the atoll Oeno in the Pitcairn Islands owes its name.
Web links
- On the shipwrecks of Vuata Vatoa (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry at geonames.org (English)