Fiji
16°30′S 179°41′W
Ringgold Isles
Part of Fiji
The Ringgold Isles are an archipelago in Fiji, forming an outlier group to Vanua Levu. In 1840, Admiral Charles Wilkes named the Isles after Admiral Cadwalader Ringgold who at the time was a lieutenant serving under him during the United States exploring expedition.
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Overview
The Ringgold Isles are an archipelago in Fiji, forming an outlier group to Vanua Levu. In 1840, Admiral Charles Wilkes named the Isles after Admiral Cadwalader Ringgold who at the time was a lieutenant serving under him during the United States exploring expedition. The Budd, Nukusemanu, and Heemskercq Reefs form part of the group. The group is mostly uninhabited, but Qelelevu has a small village. In 2008 Pacific rats were eradicated from seven islands of the group in an endeavour facilitated by BirdLife International's Fiji Programme. A 218-hectare (540-acre) area covering the archipelago is the Ringgold Islands Important Bird Area. This area supports globally and regionally significant populations of marine turtles, humpback whales, seabirds and semi-nomadic reef fish, and may hold concentrations of cold-water corals.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands7
- Minor islands4
- Islets7
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Qelelevu
- Area
- 1.5 km²
- High point
- 22 m
Qelelevu or Nggelelevu is a coral islet in Fiji, a member of the Ringgold Isles archipelago, which forms an outlier to the northern island of Vanua Levu.
Taininbeka
- Area
- 1.4 km²
Taininbeka is an atoll in Fiji, a member of the Ringgold Isles archipelago, which forms an outlier group to the northern island of Vanua Levu. This uninhabited islet is situated at 16.04° South and 179.09° East, and has a total land area of 144.34ha.
Yanuca Island
- Area
- 1 km²
- High point
- 139 m
Yavu Island
- Area
- 0.63 km²
- High point
- 104 m
Vetauua Island
- Area
- 0.43 km²
- High point
- 19 m
Wailagi Lala
- Area
- 0.34 km²
- High point
- 16 m
Wailagi Lala is the northernmost outpost of Fiji's Lau Islands. This tiny atoll, with an area of just 30 hectares (74 acres) and rising no more than 3 metres (10 ft) above mean sea level, is situated at 16.45° South and 179.6° West. It is the only true atoll in Fiji.
Maqewa
- Area
- 0.24 km²
- High point
- 81 m
Maqewa Island (also written Manggewa) is an uninhabited volcanic island in Fiji, a member of the Ringgold Isles, which forms an outlier group to the northern island of Vanua Levu. It is narrow and rocky. It has a total land area of 26.05 hectares (64.4 acres).
Minor islands
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.13 km²
- High point
- 8 m
Cobia Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Nanuku Levu
- Area
- —
size unknown
Tauraria
- Area
- —
size unknown
Islets
- Unnamed island13 m · 0.07 km²
- Nanuku Island18 m · 0.06 km²
- Unnamed island8 m · 0.03 km²
- Nanuku Lailai18 m · 0.03 km²
- Nukusemanu Island12 m · 0.03 km²
- Unnamed island9 m · 0.02 km²
- Unnamed island0.2 ha
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Comparative heights
- Yanuca: 139 m
- Yavu: 104 m
- Maqewa: 81 m
- Qelelevu: 22 m
- Vetauua: 19 m
- Nanuku: 18 m
- Nanuku Lailai: 18 m
- Wailagi Lala: 16 m
- Nukusemanu: 12 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Qelelevu | 1.5 km² |
| Taininbeka | 1.4 km² |
| Yanuca Island | 1 km² |
| Yavu Island | 0.63 km² |
| Vetauua Island | 0.43 km² |
| Wailagi Lala | 0.34 km² |
| Maqewa | 0.24 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.13 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.07 km² |
| Nanuku Island | 0.06 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Nanuku Lailai | 0.03 km² |
| Nukusemanu Island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
Groups within
Overlapping groups
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- ISS006-E-7483 - View of Fiji. Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain