Matuku Island

Matuku is a volcanic island in the southwest of the Lau archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. Politically, it is part of the Eastern Division of the island nation Fiji.

Geography

Matuku lies in the so -called Moala Group, a group of three islands that make up the south-western region of the Lau archipelago. The island is doing about 40 km southwest of Totoya, 55 km south-southwest of Moala and thus represents the westernmost island of the Lau Islands; they do - besides Moala - the only island in the archipelago west of the 180th meridian. The kidney-shaped island has a length of 8.5 km, a width of up to 6.5 km and has an area of ​​about 57 km ². It forms the central island of a comparatively young atoll and is fully lined up to four digits by a coral reef. The hilly island is forested and reaches a height of 385 m Sigatoka above the sea.

Management

Matuku forms one of the 13 traditional districts ( Fiji: Tikina ) the province of Lau and is divided into the eight villages ( Koro ) Yaroi and Natokalau in the north, Qalikarua in the east, Levukaidaku in the south, as well as Andako, Makadro, Raviravi and Lomati in the West. Capital of the island is Lomati on Matuku Harbour, a good navigable passage to the west of the atoll.