Pangaimotu (Tongatapu)
Pangaimotu is a small island in the Tongatapu group of Tonga, lying near the capital Nukuʻalofa.[1] It is reachable by a 10-minute boat trip from Nukuʻalofa.[2] Aside from the beaches, a centrepiece of the island's attraction is a wreck jumping from the hull of the upturned ship 50 metres off the island's main beach.[3] The island also contains the Big Mama Yacht Club, the Pangaimotu Island Resort and a vanilla plantation.[4]
The Pangaimotu reef was declared a national marine reserve in 1989.[5]
The first mass in Tonga was held under a tree on Pangaimotu on 2 July 1842. It was conducted by Jean Baptiste Pompallier and Father Chevron.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pangaimotu Island Resort". Tongapacific.com.
- ^ "Pangaimotu Island Resort". Tonga Holidays.
- ^ Parks - Volumes 1-3 - Page 18 1990 - " Pangaimotu is a successful reef reserve with an abundance of fish and ..."
- ^ "Tonga Pacific with Pacific Travel Media Pangaimotu Island Resort". Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ Ndiaye, Cheikh; Bassène, Claire; Weigel, Jean-Yves. "BIBLIOGRAPHY ON MARINE PROTECTED AREAS" (PDF). Project CONSDEV. Coherence of Conservation and Development Policies of Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in West Africa. p. 53. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ Lātūkefu, Sione (2014). Church and state in Tonga : the Wesleyan Methodist missionaries and political development. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9781921902352.
21°07′27″S 175°09′32″W / 21.124183°S 175.158855°W
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