The Lau Islands aka little Tonga (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea. Of this chain of about sixty islands and islets, about thirty are inhabited. The Lau Group covers a land area of 188 square miles (487 square km), and had a population of 10,683 at the most recent census in 2007. While most of the northern Lau Group are high islands of volcanic origin, those of the south are mostly carbonate low islands.
Administratively the islands belong to Lau Province.
LauIslands The LauIslands aka little Tonga (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern...
up Lau or lau in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lau or LAU may refer to: Lau (surname) Liu (劉/刘), a common Chinese family name transliterated Lau in...
Americas. Anuta (in Solomon Islands) Bellona Island (in Solomon Islands) Emae (in Vanuatu) Fiji (excluding Rotuma and the LauIslands) Mele (in Vanuatu) Nuguria...
100 sq mi). The most outlying island group is Ono-i-Lau. About 87% of the total population of 924,610 live on the two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu...
This is a list of islands of Fiji. Fiji is an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. It is split into 9 separate geographic island groups. The smallest is...
Collectively called the Pacific Islands, the islands in the Pacific Ocean are further categorized into three major island groups: Melanesia, Micronesia...
Mamanuca Islands (Fijian: [mamaˈnuða]) of Fiji are a volcanic archipelago lying to the west of Nadi and to the south of the Yasawa Islands. The group...
eastern Fiji. Geographically it consists of the Lau Archipelago. The Lau group comprises 60-some islands and has a total land area of 487 square kilometers...
Brachylophus fasciatus, the Lau banded iguana, is an arboreal species of lizard endemic to the LauIslands of the eastern part of the Fijian archipelago...
Republic of the Fiji Islands, is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean about 2,000 km (1,200 mi) north of New Zealand's North Island. Its immediate neighbors...
Philippine mahogany Lauan ground skink, a species of lizard found on the LauIslands of Fiji Lauan language, a language spoken in East Fiji Lauan plywood...
is composed of two main islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, and smaller islands, including the LauIslands. The names of islands in Melanesia can be confusing:...
Naulumatua. He established Nauluvatu village. Many islands and villages in the northern Lauislands were under political control or influence by Laucala:...
-179.150 Mago Island (pronounced [ˈmaŋo]) is a volcanic island that lies in the northwest sector of Fiji's northern Lau Group of islands. One of the largest...
and LauIslands. On the morning of 25 January, Wilma blew over Tonga as a severe tropical cyclone. Major damage was reported in the Ha'apai Islands of...
Levu island, Fiji to the west and the LauIslands to the east, surrounded by the islands of the Fijian archipelago. It is named after Koro Island. Murray...
ceded the islands to the United Kingdom in 1874. Other prominent chiefly clans include the Vuanirewa (the traditional rulers of the LauIslands) and the...
Vatu Vara Island is a Fijian island in the northwest sector of the Lau Group of islands. The island is 3 km (1.9 mi) in diameter at the base of its 305-metre-high...
Andy Lau Tak-wah BBS MH JP (Chinese: 劉德華; Jyutping: Lau4 Dak1 Waa4; born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer....
by the end of the 17th century. This included the following southern LauIslands: Kabara and its dependencies, Vuaqava, Marabo, Tavunasici, Komo, Fiji...
Vanua Balavu, the second largest of the LauIslands in Fiji. It is operated by Airports Fiji Limited. "Outer Island Airports". Airports Fiji Limited. Retrieved...
also known as the Lauan ground skink or Ono-i-Lau ground skink, is a species of skink found on LauIslands of Fiji. The species is currently critically...
in Tonga, Palusami in Melanesia (Fiji) and Samoa, and Rukau in the Cook Islands, is a Polynesian dish consisting of cooked taro leaves containing fillings...
Solomon Islands, built about 60 artificial islands on the reef including Funaafou, Sulufou, and Adaege. The people of Lau Lagoon build islands on the reef...
the islands conquered by Ma'afu, customs and traditions in the island of Matuku and its people divert from that of other conquered islands in the Lau group...
Lalaciwa was a Fijian chiefess and member of the Vuanirewa dynasty on the LauIslands of Fiji. Lalaciwa was the only daughter of Rasolo, who was the third...
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