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{{Infobox settlement
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| name = Qelelevu
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Fiji
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| subdivision_name = [[Fiji]]
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Ringgold Isles]]
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| area_total_km2 = 1.5
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| elevation_m = 12
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{{Infobox islands
| name = Qelelevu
| archipelago = Ringgold Isles
| country = {{flag|Fiji}}
| area_km2 = 1.5
| elevation_m = 12
| map = Fiji
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| coordinates = {{coord|16|05|S|179|10|W|region:FJ_type:isle|display=inline}}
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[[File:ISS006-E-7486 - View of Fiji.jpg|thumb|Qelelevu satellite view.]]
'''Qelelevu''' or '''Nggelelevu'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Center |first=United States Defense Mapping Agency Topographic |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KVDjAZ1v2fgC&dq=Nggelelevu&pg=PA122 |title=Fiji, Tonga, and Nauru, Official Standard Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names |date=1974 |publisher=U.S. Board on Geographic Names |pages=122 |language=en}}</ref> is a [[coral]] [[islet]] in [[Fiji]], a member of the [[Ringgold Isles]] [[archipelago]], which forms an outlier to the northern island of [[Vanua Levu]].
== Geography ==
The small village of Nalutu ({{Coord|16.087453|S|179.151907|W|type:city|display=inline|name=Nalutu}}) is located on Qelelevu. Fishing is the only significant economic activity.▼
Apart from two nearby coral islets, Tai Ni Beka and [[Tauraria]] due west on the same atoll rim, it is {{convert|30|km|0}} from the nearest island, which is ''[[Vetauua]]'', to the West. Qelelevu covers an area of {{convert|1.5|km2|mi2 acres ha}}. Its maximum elevation is {{convert|18|m|0}}.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FAzvAAAAMAAJ&q=nalutu |title=Archéologia préhistoire et archéologie |date=2000 |publisher=A. Fanton. |pages=49 |language=fr}}</ref>
Qelelevu lagoon lies {{convert|8|miles}} eastward of [[Thakau Vuthovutho]] reef.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Department |first=Great Britain Hydrographic |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B-UNAQAAMAAJ&dq=Nggelelevu&pg=PA320 |title=Pacific Islands Pilot: Vol. II. The Central Groups Comprising New Caledonia and Iles Loyalty; the New Hebrides Group and Santa Cruz Islands; the Fiji Islands and the Tonga, Samoa, Ellice, Gilbert, Marshall, Phoenix and Tokelau Islands |date=1943 |publisher=Hydrographic Department, Admiralty |pages=320–321 |language=en}}</ref> The lagoon has three main passes allowing boats to enter: Rendell, Deep and Brown.<ref name=":0" /> Qelelevu is one of the two only true atolls of Fiji, because it has an island and is not a mere coral reef.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Robinson |first=Gaden Sutherland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XCpDAAAAYAAJ&q=Nggelelevu |title=Macrolepidoptera of Fiji and Rotuma: A Taxonomic and Biogeographic Study |date=1975 |publisher=Classey |isbn=978-0-900848-81-0 |pages=8 |language=en}}</ref>
▲{{Coord|16|05|S|179|10|W|region:FJ_type:isle|display=title}}
Most of the island is covered in palm trees and bushes.<ref name=":0" />
▲The small village of Nalutu ({{Coord|16.087453|S|179.151907|W|type:city|display=inline|name=Nalutu}}) is located on Qelelevu.<ref name=":1" /> Fishing is the only significant economic activity.
The atoll habitat of the island contributes to its national significance as outlined in Fiji's Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ganilau|first1=Bernadette Rounds|title=Fiji Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan|date=2007|publisher=Convention on Biological Diversity|pages=107–112|url=https://www.cbd.int/doc/world/fj/fj-nbsap-01-en.pdf|access-date=28 May 2017}}</ref>
== History ==
Qelelevu may have been first inhabited by people from [[Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)|Futuna]]. Later in time, people from [[Laucala]] arrived and soon dominated the population.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Sayes |first=Shelley Ann |date=1984 |title=Changing paths of the land: Early political hierarchies in Cakaudrove, Fiji |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00223348408572477 |journal=The Journal of Pacific History |language=en |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=3–20 |doi=10.1080/00223348408572477 |issn=0022-3344}}</ref> Qelelevu has been in the Laucala sphere of influence, as well as other islands like [[Naitaba|Naitauba]], [[Namalata]], Yacata and villages of Vutuna, Daliconi and Mavana on [[Vanua Balavu]].<ref name=":2" />
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Ringgold Isles |state=expanded}}▼
{{Islands of Fiji |state=expanded}}▼
{{authority control}}
▲{{Ringgold Isles}}
▲{{Islands of Fiji}}
[[Category:Islands of Fiji]]
[[Category:Ringgold Isles]]
[[Category:Preliminary Register of Sites of National Significance in Fiji]]
{{Fiji-geo-stub}}▼
▲{{Fiji-geo-stub}}
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