Neha Patil (Editor)

Nananu i Cake

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Location
  
Pacific Ocean

Total islands
  
3

Island group
  
Viti Levu Group

Archipelago
  
Nananu

Area
  
223 ha


Major islands
  
Nananu-i-Ra, Nananu-i-Cake, Mabua

Your exclusive tropical island nananu i cake fiji


Nananu-i-Cake [nɑː.nɑːˈnuː iː ðɑːˈkeː] is an island in Fiji about one kilometer off the coast of the main island of Viti Levu, near the town of Rakiraki in Ra Province.

Contents

Map of Nananu-i-cake, Fiji

Nananu-i-Cake is located immediately next to the island of Nananu-i-Ra. Nananu-i-Cake and Mabua (the islet located immediately to the southeast) islands are about 600 acres (242.81 hectares) in area.

The island's name, Nananu-i-Cake, means "Daydream Upwind" (or easterly) in Fijian. The island is also known by several other names, including Ananugata, Nananugata, Yananu and Nananu-i-Thake Island.

The main residence on the island was designed by the architecture firm of Murray Cockburn, based in Auckland. A deep-water jetty is on the island's western shore.

Your exclusive tropical island nananu i cake fiji nananu i cake


History

In 1974, Sir Harold Mitchell visited Fiji from the UK and purchased Nananu-i-Cake and Mabua as a retreat. Because of Harold's position of Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party under Sir Winston Churchill and his social and political standing, several high-profile dignitaries visited and stayed on the island. Commemorative trees were planted for many of these high-profile visits. Nananu-i-Cake has remained in Sir Harold Mitchell's family since 1974.

Nananu-i-Cake also retains evidence of moka, stone formations built in tidal areas to trap fish at lot tide, and ring-wall fortifications built with volcanic rocks.

References

Nananu-i-Cake Wikipedia