Taveuni
Taveuni is the third largest island in Fiji. It has the distinction of being one of the few places where the 180th meridian crosses land. It rains here a lot, so be prepared and do not wait until it stops raining. Do not trust weather forecasts.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
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Matagi Island
Matagi, sometimes written Matangi, is an island the Vanua Levu Group in northern Fiji, situated 16°44 South 179° West. It is one of three tiny volcanic islands grouped to the east of Thurston Point on the island of Taveuni, the others being Qamea and Laucala.
Taveuni
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Fiji
- Also known as: “Tabiuni”, “Taveuni Island”, “Taviuni”, and “Vuna”
- Historically known as: “Taviune Island”
- Categories: volcanic island and landform
- Location: Northern, Fiji, Melanesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-16.8384° or 16° 50′ 18″ south
Longitude
-179.9501° or 179° 57′ 0″ west
Population
19,000
Elevation
906 metres (2,972 feet)
IATA airport code
TVU
United Nations Location Code
FJ TVU
Open location code
52M2526X+JX
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Taveuni” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تافيوني”
- Asturian: “Taveuni”
- Catalan: “Taveuni”
- Cebuano: “Taveuni Island”
- Chinese: “塔韋烏尼島”
- Chinese: “塔韦乌尼岛”
- Czech: “Taveuni”
- Dutch: “Taveuni”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تاڤيونى”
- Esperanto: “Taveuni”
- Fiji Hindi: “Taveuni”
- Fijian: “Taveuni”
- Finnish: “Taveuni”
- French: “Taveuni”
- Galician: “Taveuni”
- Georgian: “ტავეუნი”
- German: “Taveuni”
- Greek: “Ταβεούνι”
- Hebrew: “טאבאוני”
- Hindi: “तावियोनई”
- Hindi: “तावेउनी”
- Indonesian: “Taveuni”
- Italian: “Taveuni”
- Japanese: “タベウニ島”
- Kannada: “ತೇವುನಿ”
- Lithuanian: “Taveunis”
- Macedonian: “Тавеуни”
- Polish: “Taveuni”
- Portuguese: “Taveuni”
- Russian: “Тавеуни”
- Sanskrit: “टवेउनि”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Taveuni”
- Slovak: “Taveuni”
- Slovenian: “Taveuni, Fidži”
- Spanish: “Taveuni”
- Swedish: “Taveuni”
- Tamil: “தவெவுனி”
- Tok Pisin: “Taveuni”
- Turkish: “Taveuni”
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