Pio Island
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Pio Island is an island in the Solomon Islands
province of Makira-Ulawa
. It is situated 4 km north-west of Ugi Island
. It is 2.7 km long and 1.5 km wide. The island has no villages. Coral reef
surrounds the island, which is largest in the west and south of the island.
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
province of Makira-Ulawa
Makira-Ulawa Province
Makira-Ulawa Province is one of the provinces of the Solomon Islands. The main part of the province is Makira Island. It has a population of 31,006...
. It is situated 4 km north-west of Ugi Island
Ugi Island
Ugi Island is an island in the Solomon Islands; it is located in Makira-Ulawa Province....
. It is 2.7 km long and 1.5 km wide. The island has no villages. Coral reef
Coral reef
Coral reefs are underwater structures made from calcium carbonate secreted by corals. Coral reefs are colonies of tiny living animals found in marine waters that contain few nutrients. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, which in turn consist of polyps that cluster in groups. The polyps...
surrounds the island, which is largest in the west and south of the island.
See also
- OceaniaOceaniaOceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
- Pacific IslandsPacific IslandsThe Pacific Islands comprise 20,000 to 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. The islands are also sometimes collectively called Oceania, although Oceania is sometimes defined as also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago....
- Pacific OceanPacific OceanThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...