Gau Island

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Lomaiviti

Batiki
Gau
Koro
Makogai
Moturiki
Nairai
Ovalau
Wakaya
Yanuca Lailai
Yanuca Levu

Islands of Fiji

Principal islands
Viti Levu
Vanua Levu

Significant outliers
Conway Reef
Kadavu
Taveuni
Rotuma

Archipelagos
Kadavu Group
Lau Islands
Lomaiviti Islands
Mamanuca Islands
Moala Islands
Ringgold Isles
Rotuma Group
Vanua Levu Group
Viti Levu Group
Yasawa Islands

Gau (pronounced [ŋau]) is an island belonging to Fiji's Lomaiviti archipelago. Located at 18.00º South and 179.30º East, it covers an area of 136.1 square kilometers, with a total oshoreline of 66.3 kilometers. Its maximum altitude is 738 meters. It has one airstrip at Lovu at the southern pinnacle of the island, which receives planes from Nausori International Airport.
A marine research facility was established on Naviavia beach on the western coast of Gau in 2005 by UK based NGO Frontier, commissioned by Dr. Joeli Veitayaki of the University of South Pacific, a native of Malawai on the eastern coast.
Rugby sevens legend and player-coach of the Fijian national Sevens Team Waisale Serevi is a native of Qarani, a large village to the north-west, which also contains a post office and nursing station.