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Chapters: ?eua, Vava?u, Ha'afeva, Kolonga, Nukuleka, Nomuka, Ha?apai, Fonualei, Kao, Kolovai, Hihifo, Late, Vaipoa, Taunga, 'ene'io Botanical Garden, Falehau, Curacoa Volcano, Neiafu, Metis Shoal, Lifuka, Malapo, Falevai, Niuatoputapu Airport, Kanokupolu, Mapu a Vaea, Matuku, Foa, Pangaimotu, 'eua Airport, Tahifehifa, Limu, Niuas, Lifuka Island Airport, Fatumanongi, Meama, Toku, Tonga, Hakauata, Luangahu, Lofanga, Luahoko, Taula, Mata'aho Airport, Sisia, Ovalau, Ovaka, Totokafonua, Totokamaka, Hakaufasi. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Eua is a smaller but still major island in the kingdom of Tonga. It is close to Tongatapu, but forms a separate administrative division. It has an area of 87.44 km, and a population in 2006 of 5,165 people. Eua is a hilly island, the highest tops are the Teemoa (chicken manure) 312m, with the grave of the soldier on top, and the Vaiangina (watersprings) 305m. Yet the island is not volcanic. It is shaped by the rubbing of the Tonga plate against the Pacific plate, pushing Eua up and leaving the 7 km (10.8 km if you ask Dan) deep Tonga trench on the bottom of the ocean, a short distance towards the east. The soil of Eua is volcanic, as it is of Tongatapu, but that is only the top layer, deposited by eruptions of nearby volcanoes ten thousands years ago. Under it are the solid rocks of pushed up coral. Eua counts many huge caves and holes, which not all yet have been explored. Eua is the only island in Tonga that has a rivers, and has (until Vavau got one too) the only bridge in the kingdom. It drains into the harbour near the capital of the island, Ohonua. A unique feature is the shore between Ohonua and Tufuvai. It is coralreef only a little bit pushed up by and still close to the sea level. Many small tidal pools are found,...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6809038