Pangaimotu (Tongatapu)

Pangaimotu Island

Shipwreck off Pangaimotu

Monument to the first mass in Tonga

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

1. "Pangaimotu Island Resort". Tongapacific.com.
2. "Pangaimotu Island Resort". Tonga Holidays.
3. Parks - Volumes 1-3 - Page 18 1990 - " Pangaimotu is a successful reef reserve with an abundance of fish and ..."
4. "Tonga Pacific with Pacific Travel Media Pangaimotu Island Resort". Retrieved 2016-03-07.
5. 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. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
6. Lātūkefu, Sione (2014). Church and state in Tonga : the Wesleyan Methodist missionaries and political development. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9781921902352.

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