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  Vanua Vatu Location in Fiji | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 18°22′20″S179°16′17″W / 18.37222°S 179.27139°W |
| Archipelago | Lau Islands |
| Area | 4.24 km2 (1.64 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 79 m (259 ft) |
| Administration | |
Fiji | |
| Division | Eastern Division |
Vanua Vatu is an island in Fiji. [1] It is located in the Eastern Division, 240 km east of the capital Suva. The area is 4.2 square kilometers.
Vanua Levu formerly known as Sandalwood Island, is the second largest island of Fiji. Located 64 kilometres to the north of the larger Viti Levu, the island has an area of 5,587.1 square kilometres (2,157.2 sq mi) and a population of 135,961 as of 2007.
The vatu is the currency of Vanuatu. The vatu has no subdivisions.
The Eastern Division of Fiji is one of Fiji's four divisions. It consists of Kadavu Province, Lau Province, Lomaiviti Province and Rotuma.
The Vanua Levu Group is an archipelago in northern Fiji. It takes its name from its predominant island, Vanua Levu. Among the other island in the group, the most important is Taveuni. Other islands in the group include Laucala, Matagi, Namena Lala, Qamea, Rabi, Vorovoro and Yadua Tabu. They have an aggregate area of 6,199 square kilometres, with a total population of 140,016 at the 1996 census, the last held.
Vanua Balavu is the third largest island in Fiji's Lau archipelago, and the main island of the Northern Lau Group.
The Ringgold Isles are an archipelago in Fiji, forming an outlier group to Vanua Levu. The Budd, Nukusemanu, and Heemskercq Reefs form part of the group. The group is mostly uninhabited, but Qelelevu has a small village. In 2008 Pacific rats were eradicated from seven islands of the group in an endeavour facilitated by BirdLife International's Fiji Programme.
In 1789 the English Royal Navy Cutter the Bounty commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh was overtaken by 18 crew led by Master's Mate Fletcher Christian in what has been named the "Mutiny on the Bounty." The area known as the Bligh Water is the body of water in the western Fiji islands through which Bligh sailed his 7 m (23 ft) launch during his 3,618 mile journey from Tofua to the Dutch port of Timor. At the time some of the local Fijian tribes were considered hostile and many were cannibalistic so Bligh did not wish to jeopardize his safety or the safety of his crew elected not stop his journey in the area.
Vatu Vara Island is a Fijian island in the northwest sector of the Lau Group of islands.
Messigny-et-Vantoux is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
Vantoux-et-Longevelle is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Vantoux is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Tropical Cyclone Cliff was first noted as a weak tropical disturbance on April 1, 2007, within a trough of low pressure about 210 km (130 mi) to the southwest of Rotuma. Over the next couple of days the system drifted towards the southeast and Fiji, in an area of strong wind shear. During April 3, the system slightly accelerated, as it moved towards the south-southeast before the westerly wind shear around the system relaxed sufficiently to allow the depression to consolidate while it was located near Vanua Levu.
The Fiji whistler is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae, endemic to Fiji.
Gilbert Đinh Văn Thân, more commonly known as Đinh Văn Thân, is a ni-Vanuatu "prominent businessman" and former politician. Ron Crocombe described him in 2007 as "perhaps the wealthiest entrepreneur and largest private employer in Vanuatu and many say the most politically influential [...] citizen".
General elections were held in Vanuatu on 30 October 2012. The previous elections to the 52-member Parliament of Vanuatu were held in 2008. The largest parties in this election were the socialist Vanua'aku Party, which won 11 seats, and the social-democratic National United Party. Thirteen other parties as well as four independents won parliamentary seats. As a result, Edward Natapei of the Vanua'aku Party was able to become the Prime Minister. Since then, both Serge Vohor of the conservative Union of Moderate Parties and Sato Kilman of the People's Progressive Party have held that position, with Kilman being the incumbent Prime Minister of Vanuatu at the time of the 2012 election.
Lemerig is an Oceanic language spoken on Vanua Lava, in Vanuatu.
Lycée de Montmartre is a French-language secondary school in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Alina Ramona Vătu is a Romanian female handball player who plays for Dunărea Brăila.
Herbert Valentine Tarte (1876–1936) was a Fijian planter and politician. He served in the Legislative Council in the early 1920s.
The Ndakunimba Stones are the remains of a 50-foot-tall monolith carved with petroglyphs, located in Dakuniba, a remote village in Cakaudrove Province on Vanua Levu, Fiji. They comprise about 14 stone fragments of various sizes, with deeply carved angular figures.
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