Yacata
| Yacata | ||
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| Waters | Koro lake | |
| Archipelago | Lau Islands | |
| Geographical location | 17 ° 15 ′ 28 ″ S , 179 ° 31 ′ 21 ″ W | |
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| length | 4.1 km | |
| width | 2 km | |
| surface | 6 km² | |
| main place | Yacata Village | |
Yacata , also Yathata , is an island in the Lau Islands in the Pacific Ocean . Politically, it belongs as the only larger and inhabited Lau Island to the Northern Division of the island state of Fiji , while almost all of the other Lau Islands belong to the Eastern Division . The island was particularly hard hit by the effects of cyclone Tomas in 2010.
geography
Yacata is located in the northwest of the Lau Islands, 20 km north of Vatu Vara , 40 km west of Kanacea and around 45 km southwest of Naitaba . It is around 60 km to Taveuni beyond the Nanuku Passage in the northwest. The approximately oval island is around 4 km long and up to 2 km wide; their area can be estimated at around 6 km². The hilly island has a prominent elevation with a flattened peak in the center. In the east of the island, on the inner lagoon , is Yacata Village, the only settlement on the island. A few hundred meters east of Yacata is the smaller island of Kaibu , on which there is an airfield ( ICAO code : NFKB) with an unpaved runway. Yacata and Kaibu are almost completely surrounded by a fringing reef .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Northern Division - Ministry of Education. (DOC, 1.38 MB) Archived from the original on December 21, 2012 ; accessed on November 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Cyclone Tomas - Damage Assessment Summary ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, PDF; 44 kB)
- ↑ List of ICAO codes: Fiji ( Memento of the original dated June 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
