Lakeba Island
Lakeba Island, volcanic Pacific island in the Lau Group of Fiji, South Pacific Ocean. It is 22 square miles (57 square km) in area, rises to 720 feet (220 metres), and was the site, in 1835, of Fiji’s first Wesleyan missionary settlement (1835). The Lakemba Passage separates Lakeba from the islets of Nayau and Tuvuca (Tuvutha) to the north.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Lorraine Murray.
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Article Title:
Lakeba Island
Website Name:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
04 April 2008
Access Date:
November 14, 2026