Taveuni

Taveuni is the third largest island in . 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.
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Matagi, sometimes written Matangi, is an island the Vanua Levu Group in northern , 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 and .

Taveuni

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
4035893
Wiki­data ID
Q1138545
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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
  • 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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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Taveuni”. Photo: Markmark28, CC BY-SA 3.0.