Kadavu Island

Kadavu Island

also spelled  Kandavu 
 island of Fiji, in the South Pacific, 50 miles (80 km) south of Viti Levu, across the Kadavu (Kandavu) Passage. It was visited by the British naval captain William Bligh in 1792. Volcanic in origin, Kadavu has an area of 159 square miles (411 square km) and is bisected by a central mountain ridge with fertile slopes; it rises to 2,750 feet (838 metres) at Ndelainambukelevu (Mount Washington). Timber from the forested central and eastern areas is milled at Naikorokoro, and cultivated crops include bananas and copra. The main town and capital on Kadavu is Vunisea, on the western coast. The population is almost entirely Melanesian.

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