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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