Taveuni

Taveuni is a mountainous volcanic island across the Somosomo Strait from Vanua Levu. Its slopes rise above the sea at the eastern edge of Fiji’s larger islands. Somosomo became the seat of the Tui Cakau, a chiefly title whose influence extended across parts of the northern Lau islands. The island’s position between Vanua Levu and Lau placed it within a network of chiefly relationships and sea routes.