Tuvuca

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Lau Islands Northern Lau Islands Cicia Kaibu Kanacea Mago Malima Munia Island Naitaba Nayau Tuvuca Vanua Balavu Vatu Vara Wailagi Lala Yacata Southern Lau Islands (Yagasa Cluster) Fulaga Kabara Komo Lakeba Moce Moka Namuka-i-Lau Ogea Driki Ogea Levu Oneata Vanua Vatu Vuaqava Yagasa Levu Moala Islands Matuku Moala Totoya Outliers Bacon Island Cakau Lasemarawa Doi Late-i-Toga Late-i-Viti Ono-i-Lau Tuvana-i-Colo Tuvana-i-Ra Vatoa Yanuca

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

Tuvuca (pronounced [tuβuða]) is a small island off Vanua Balavu in Fiji's Lau archipelago, it is a densely wooded and inhabited island and rises 800 feet above sea level at the highest point,It has only one village on the Island. Tuvuca has untaped deposits of phosphate.

Contents 1 Chiefly titles 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Chiefly titles

Tuvuca is part of the Tikina of Lomaloma and the chiefly title of this island is held by the Tui Tuvuca, which is generally held in personal union by the reigning Turaga na Rasau^[1]. The Village Chief of Tuvuca holds the title of Ramasi^[2] , 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^[3] .

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• 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.

[edit] External links

• Tuvuca at WikiMapia

Coordinates: 17°40′S, 178°49′W