Tuvuca
Tuvuca(pronounced[tuˈβuða]) is a small island offVanua BalavuinFiji'sLauarchipelago. It is a densely wooded and inhabited island and rises 800 feet (240 metres) above sea level at the highest point. There is only one village on the island, which has a population of around 180 people.[1]There is a primary school.[1]Tuvuca has untapped deposits of phosphate.[2]
Chiefly titles
[edit]Tuvuca is part of the Tikina ofLomalomaand the chiefly title of this island is held by theTui Tuvuca,which is generally held inpersonal unionby the reigningTuraga na Rasau.[3] The Village Chief of Tuvuca holds the title of Ramasi,[3]it was this chiefs ancestors who gave the title to the Rasau of Lomaloma because he brought peace to Tuvuca and stopped a long-standing feud.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^abBruckner, Andrew W.; Dempsey, Alexandra; Coward, Georgia; Saul, Steve; Rauer, Elizabeth; Heemsoth, Amy (2016)."Global Reef Expedition: Lau Province, Fiji. Final Report"(PDF).Living Oceans Foundation.Annapolis, Maryland.Retrieved22 July2023.
- ^Annabelle Inn Ngue Lee (December 1982)."Petrology of the Phosphates on Tuvuca, Fiji".University of Hawaiʻi.Retrieved22 July2023.
- ^abAi Vola Ni Kawa Bula
- ^Lau Islands, by A.Hocart, P226-227
References
[edit]- The Fiji Islands: A Geographical Handbook- Page 308, by Ronald Albert Derrick - 1951,reference to Tuvuca Island also a sketch of the Island.
- Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi,Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History - Page 240, by Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum - 1949.
- The Pacific Way: A Memoir- Page 9 and 69, by Kamisese Mara - 1997,references to Tuvuca Island.
- Desperate Voyage by John Caldwell page 269 to 311
17°40′S178°49′W/ 17.667°S 178.817°W
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