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Monuriki Island

M onuriki is an uninhabited tiny island off the coast of Viti Levu group of Fiji Islands, called “Mamanuca”. The islet is surrounded by
in a group of islands known as the Mamanuca Islands. The is- coral reef; it also includes volcanic rocks, lagoons, and several small
land is of volcanic origin and is approximately 1 kilometre long and beaches, including some white sand beaches. This island was a film-
600 metres wide. The land area is approximately 0.4 square kilome- ing location for the 2000 Robert Zemeckis’ film, Cast Away, starring
tres surrounded on all sides by a coral reef. The highest point is 178 Tom Hanks. It is in a subgroup of the Mamanuca archipelago, which
m. This volcanic islet is part of the group of three islets in the larger is situated off the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji’s largest island.