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Mount Tomanivi on the island of Viti Levu Topography. Tomanivi contains a significant proportion of the highest-altitude montane forest in Fiji. This is an important habitat for birds and other biodiversity. A 17,500 hectares (43,000 acres) area covering the slopes of Tomanivi is the Greater Tomaniivi Important Bird Area.
Rank Country Highest point Elevation 5 Australia Mount Kosciuszko: 2,228 m (7,310 ft) [1] 10 Federated States of Micronesia Nanlaud: 782 m (2,566 ft) 8 Fiji Mount Tomanivi ...
Naitasiri covers an area of 1,666 square kilometres (643 sq mi), and occupies the area mostly to the north of Suva, the capital.Its boundaries stretch across Viti Levu in a southeast to northwest direction from Laucala Bay on the Suva Peninsula to beneath Mt Tomanivi, Fiji's highest mountain on the Nadrau Plateau ("Mai na toba ko Laucala ki na ruku i Tomanivi" in Fijian).
The centre of the island is forested and includes the nation's highest peak Mount Tomanivi (otherwise known as Mount Victoria), which rises to 1,324 metres (4,344 ft). The eastern side of the island experiences heavy rainfall, particularly in the mountains, and is home to Fiji's tropical moist forests .
Fiji has more than 300 islands. Viti Levu and Vanua Levu are the largest, and together comprise 78% of Fiji's land area. The highest peak in Fiji is Mount Tomanivi (1,324 m) on Viti Levu. The islands are volcanic in origin, formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Australian Plate. The islands emerged from the sea 5 to 20 million ...
The first alpine club, the Alpine Club, based in the United Kingdom, was founded in London in 1857 as a gentlemen's club.It was once described as: "a club of English gentlemen devoted to mountaineering, first of all in the Alps, members of which have successfully addressed themselves to attempts of the kind on loftier mountains" (Nuttall Encyclopaedia, 1907).
Mount Victoria (British Columbia) Mount Victoria (Bow Range), on the Alberta–British Columbia border; In New Zealand. Mount Victoria (Auckland) Mount Victoria (Wellington hill) Elsewhere. Mount Tomanivi, formerly Mount Victoria, in Fiji; Mount Victoria, Palawan, Philippines; Mount Victoria, Papua New Guinea; Mount Victoria (Tasmania), Australia
Mount Tomanivi 1,324 metres (4,344 ft) Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m: Exclusive economic zone: 1,282,978 km 2 (495,361 sq mi) Fiji's location in Oceania Topography ...