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Vanua Levu or Sandalwood Island, volcanic island, 2,137 sq mi (5,535 sq km), S Pacific, second largest of the Fiji Islands. Nasoro Levu, or Mt. Thurston (3,139 ft/960 m), is the highest peak. The Dreketi is the principal river. The large east peninsula is connected with the rest of the island by a narrow isthmus. There are gold mines and sugarcane plantations on Vanua Levu.

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Vanua Levu, Fiji Sandalwood Island Sighted by Abel Tasman^† in 1643, it is Fiji's second largest island with a name meaning ‘Great Land’ from the Polynesian vanua ‘land’ and levu ‘great’.

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