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Offshore, stringing around the south, east and then away to the north, is the Great Astrolabe Reef, a large barrier reef that is one of Fiji's premier scuba diving resorts. A 7,800 hectares (19,000 acres) area covering the interior of the eastern part of the island is the East Kadavu Important Bird Area.
Kadavu is also the home of the second-largest living organism on Earth, the Great Astrolabe Reef, which lies along the southern side of the island and stretches from the northern part of the island, Ono island, to the southern tip of Kadavu Island, Muanasika Point near Nasau village. The edges of this reef are indicated by two lighthouses: the ...
The capital of the division is Levuka, [1] on the Ovalau island. Other islands in the division include Kadavu, Gau, Koro, Nairai, Moala, ...
The Kadavu Group is an archipelago south of Viti Levu, one of Fiji's two main islands. Dominated by Kadavu Island , the fourth largest island in Fiji, the group also includes Ono , Dravuni , Galoa and a number of islets in the Great Astrolabe Reef .
Island Main Town or Capital Other Towns Area (km 2) Population Kadavu Group: Vunisea: 492.933: 10850 Buliya Island: Buliya Island: Solomalawe Point: 1.8: 85 Dravuni: Dravuni
The reef is predominantly located along the southern coast of Kadavu Island and arcs north around Ono Island and further north to Buliya. [ 1 ] The reef is a breeding ground for many large billfish ( marlin ) species, sharks , tuna , giant trevally , mahi-mahi (dolphinfish) and snapper , due to it having many channels leading from extremely ...
Kadavu may refer to: Kadavu Island, the fourth largest island in Fiji; Kadavu Group, an archipelago in Fiji including Kadavu Island; Kadavu Province, a province of Fiji including Kadavu Group; Kadavu Airport or Vunisea Airport, an airport on Kadavu Island; Kadavu (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji), a former electoral division of Fiji
Other islands and island groups, which cover just 12.5% of the land area and house some 16% of the population, include Taveuni southeast off Vanua Levu and Kadavu Island, south off Viti Levu (the third and fourth largest islands respectively), the Mamanuca Group (just off Nadi) and Yasawa Group (to the north of the Mamanucas), which are popular ...