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Rotuma

Rotuma is a Fijian dependency, consisting of Rotuma Island and nearby islets. The island group is home to a small but unique indigenous ethnic group which constitutes a recognisable minority within the population of Fiji, known as "Rotumans". Its population at the 2007 census was 2,002, although many more Rotumans live on mainland Fijian islands, totaling 10,000.

Geography and geology

These volcanic islands are located 646 kilometres (Suva to Ahau) north of Fiji. Rotuma Island itself is 13 kilometres long and 4 kilometres wide, with a land area of approximately 43 square kilometres, making it the 12th largest island of Fiji. The island is bisected into a larger eastern part, and a western peninsula, by a low narrow isthmus only 230 m wide, the location of Motusa village (Itu'ti'u district). North of the isthmus is Maka Bay, and in the south Hapmafau Bay. There are a large population of coral reefs in these bays, through which there are boat passages.

Rotuma is a shield volcano made of alkali-olivine basalt and hawaiite, with many small cones, and reaches 256 metres (840 ft) above sea level at Mount Suelhof near the center of the island. Satarua Peak, 166 meters high, lies near the eastern end of the island. While very secluded from much of Fiji proper, the large reef and untouched beaches are renowned as some of the most beautiful in all of Fiji.

Rotuma lewisi

Lewis’s Wriggler, Rotuma lewisi, is a species of fish in the Xenisthmidae family. Rotuma is a monotypic genus.

Distribution

Southwest Pacific.

References


Rotuma (disambiguation)

Rotuma may refer to:

  • Rotuma Group - a group of volcanic islands that constitute a dependency of Fiji
  • Rotuma Island - the main island in that group
  • Rotuma (Rotuman Communal Constituency, Fiji) - an electoral division of Fiji, the sole communal constituency reserved for citizens of Rotuman descent
  • Rotuma (genus) - a monotypic fish genus in the Xenisthmidae family
  • Rotuma myzomela - a species of honeyeater endemic to Rotuma
  • See also

  • Rotuman (disambiguation)
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