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Uea

Coordinates: 12°27′57″S 176°59′29″E / 12.4658°S 176.9914°E / -12.4658; 176.9914
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Uea
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Geography
Coordinates12.5° south
177.5° east
ArchipelagoRotuma Group
Administration

Uea is a high rocky offshore island of Rotuma. Uea is one of a number of outliers lying off the west coast of Rotuma. It is the second largest island and is the highest island in the Rotuma Group with an elevation of 260 metres (850 ft).[1]

The endemic bird Rotuma myzomela (Myzomela chermesina) is found only on the main island of Rotuma and Uea.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/McClatchey/Publications/McClatcheyetal2000_Rotuma_Flora.pdf Archived September 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Myzomela chermesina". Nature Fiji. Retrieved 2 February 2013.

12°27′57″S 176°59′29″E / 12.4658°S 176.9914°E / -12.4658; 176.9914


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