Lau Lagoon

Lau Lagoon
	Reef Island off North Malaita
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	8°27′49″S 160°51′10″E / 8.46361°S 160.85278°E
Archipelago	Solomon Islands
Area	35 km2 (14 sq mi)
Length	35 km (21.7 mi)
Width	1 km (0.6 mi)
Administration
	Solomon Islands
Province	Malaita Province
Largest settlement	Auki (pop. 7,785)
Demographics
Population	(2008)
Ethnic groups	Melanesian 100%

Lau Lagoon is a part of Solomon Islands. It is located on the northeast coast of Malaita Island. The lagoon is more than 35 kilometers long and contains about 60 artificial islands built on the reef.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Lau lagoon is home to a number of different villages. The largest village is Forau, which has around 1,500 permanent residents but can swell to three times that number during important local feasts or religious holidays (e.g. Christmas, Easter). The road from Auki, which passes through Malu'u, ends at Fouia wharf opposite the islands of Sulufou and Adagege in the Lau Lagoon.^[4] Funa'afou island, which is located near the edge of the Makwanu Passage, has about 200 inhabitants.^[5] The Lau Lagoon is otherwise only accessible by sea.

^ "Historical Photographs of Malaita". University of Queensland. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ Jan van der Ploeg, Meshach Sukulu, Hugh Govan, Tessa Minter and Hampus Eriksson (3 September 2020). "The people of the artificial island of Foueda, Lau Lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands: Traditional fishing methods, fisheries management and the roles of men and women in fishing". Sustainability. 12 (17): 7225. doi:10.3390/su12177225. hdl:1887/3133351.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Bennie Buga and Veikila Vuki (July 2012). "Sinking Islands, Drowned Logic; Climate Change and Community-Based Adaptation Discourses in Solomon Islands" (PDF). SPC Women in Fisheries Information Bulletin #22. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ Stanley, David (1999). South Pacific Handbook. Moon South Pacific. p. 895.
^ Akimichi, Tomoya (2009). "Sea Tenure and Its Transformation in the Lau of North Malaita, Solomon Island" (PDF). South Pacific Study Vol. 12, No. 1, 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[UQP-1] "Historical Photographs of Malaita". University of Queensland. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[JvdP-2] Jan van der Ploeg, Meshach Sukulu, Hugh Govan, Tessa Minter and Hampus Eriksson (3 September 2020). "The people of the artificial island of Foueda, Lau Lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands: Traditional fishing methods, fisheries management and the roles of men and women in fishing". Sustainability. 12 (17): 7225. doi:10.3390/su12177225. hdl:1887/3133351.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[VB-3] Bennie Buga and Veikila Vuki (July 2012). "Sinking Islands, Drowned Logic; Climate Change and Community-Based Adaptation Discourses in Solomon Islands" (PDF). SPC Women in Fisheries Information Bulletin #22. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[DS-4] Stanley, David (1999). South Pacific Handbook. Moon South Pacific. p. 895.

[TAST-5] Akimichi, Tomoya (2009). "Sea Tenure and Its Transformation in the Lau of North Malaita, Solomon Island" (PDF). South Pacific Study Vol. 12, No. 1, 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

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