`ä lā`v) or Sandalwood Island, volcanic island, 2,137 sq mi (5,535 sq km), S Pacific, second largest of the Fiji Fiji or Viti , officially Republic of the Fiji Islands, republic made up of a Melanesian island group (2005 est. pop. 893,000), c.7,000 sq mi (18,130 sq km), South Pacific. Suva is the capital.
LandFiji comprises c.
..... Click the link for more information. Islands. Nasoro Levu, or Mt. Thurston (3,139 ft/960 m), is the highest peak. The Dreketi is the principal river. The large east peninsula is connected with the rest of the island by a narrow isthmus. There are gold mines and sugarcane plantations on Vanua Levu.
Vanua Levu
Island (pop., including adjacent islands, 1996: 139,516), Fiji. Fiji's second largest island, it is 2,137 sq mi (5,535 sq km) in area. Sighted by the Dutch navigator Abel Janszoon Tasman in 1643, the volcanic Vanua Levu (meaning “Great Land”) has a central mountain range, culminating at Mount Nasorolevu (3,386 ft [1,032 m]), which divides the island into wet and dry sections. The chief river is the Ndreketi.
Vanua Levu
Vanua Levu
volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean; second in size of the Fiji Islands (Melanesia). Vanua Levu has an area of 5,500 sq km and a population of more than 40,000 (1960). The island is of continental origin and is surrounded by coral reefs. It has mountains with an elevation of up to 1,031 m. The climate is tropical and humid. The southeastern windward slopes of the mountains are covered with moist, tropical forests; whereas the leeward slopes are covered by savannas. There are plantations of sugarcane, rice, bananas, cotton plants, and coconut palms, as well as lumbering. The island was discovered by A. Tasman in 1643.
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