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Encyclopedia > Mago Island
Lau Islands


Northern Lau Islands
Cicia
(IPA:[ði ði a])
Kaibu
Mago
([ma ŋo])
Nayau
Tuvuka
Vanua Balavu
([βa nu a mba la βu])
Yakata

Southern Lau Islands
Fulaga
([fu la ŋa])
Kabara
([ka mba ra])
Lakeba
([la ke mba])
Moka
Namuku-i-Lau
Oneata

Moala Islands
Matuku
Moala
Totoya

Outliers
Vatoa
([βa to a])
The Lau Islands (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea. ... Cicia is a Fijian island of the Lau Group. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet. ... Vatoa (formerly Turtle Island) is an outlier of Fijis Lau Group. ...

Islands of Fiji


Principal islands
Viti Levu
(IPA:[βi ti le βu])
Vanua Levu
([βa nu a le βu])

Outliers
Kadavu
([ka nda βu])
Koro
Nukulau
Taveuni
([ta βe u ni])
Rabi
([ra mbi])
Rotuma

Archipelagos
Lau Islands
Yasawa Islands
Viti Levu is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet. ... Vanua Levu is the second largest island of Fiji, and was formerly known as Sandalwood Island. ... Map of Fiji, showing Kadavu to the South of Viti Levu Kadavu is the fourth largest island in the Republic of Fiji, and the largest island in the Kadavu Group, which are comprised of Kadavu, Ono, Galoa and a number of smaller islands. ... Koro is an island of Fiji that lies between the large islands of Vanua Levu and Viti Levu. ... Nukulau Island is a small islet belonging to Fiji. ... Taveuni is the third-largest island in Fiji, after Vanua Levu and Viti Levu, and has a population of around 12,000. ... Rotuma - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image Rotuma (including the islands of Hatana, Hofliua, Rotuma, Solkope, Solnohu and Uea) are volcanic islands of approximately 43 square kilometers, located at 12°35′ S 177°10′ E, approximately 465 kilometers north of Fiji. ... The Lau Islands (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea. ... The Yasawa Group is a group of about 20 volcanic islands in the Western Division of Fiji, with an approximate total area of 135km2. ...

Mago Island (pronounced Mungo) (S17 degrees, 26 minutes latitude W179 degrees, 9 minutes longitude) lies in the northwest sector of Fiji's northern Lau Group of islands. One of the largest Freehold Islands in the southwestern pacific, the pristine island consists of 22 square kilometres (8.4 square miles) of land.


Mago, is located 166 statute miles ENE of the Fiji capital of Suva and 14 miles SW of the tiny island of Namalata, near Vanua Balavu, where decendants of original Mago inhabitants still reside. Mago Island is relatively undeveloped at present and inhabited only by a few caretakers of Indo-Fijian descent. During the 1860s a cotton plantation extablished by the Ryder brothers of Australia flourished there. The Ryders were succeeded by the Borron family who ran a sucessful copra plantation on the island for many years and donated Borron House, an historic mansion in the Fiji capital city Suva, to the Fiji Government. Indo-Fijian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... // Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... Suva (population 141,000) is the capital of Fiji. ...


In early 2005 Mago Island was purchased by Hollywood actor/director Mel Gibson. Descendants of original native inhabitants of Mago, who were displaced in the 1860s, have protested Mel Gibson's purchase of Mago from Japan's Tokyu corporation for $15 million. penis penis 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... Mel Gibson. ... // Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ...


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It is in the north-west sector of the Northern Lau Group of islands in Fiji.
Mago, says Colliers, "rises majestically" to 200 metres on its eastern cliffs and is fringed entirely by protective reefs, "powder white beaches" and "turquoise lagoons".
Magos indigenous Fijian owners were moved off the island when they converted to Christianity in the 19th century.
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