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About Conway Reef:
Ceva – I – Ra ( Theva – I – Ra) at 21�44` S , 174�38` E
Known as CONWAY REEF until 1976, lies 270 miles SW of Viti Levu; it is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Fiji.
The Reef was originally named after HMS Conway, Captain Drinkwater Bethune, who confirmed its existence in 1838. It was surveyed in 1856 by captain Denham in HMS Herald.
Topography
Ceva – I – Ra consists of a reef about 1,5 miles long lying in an E/W direction
and on it lies a sand cay. About 5 cables long and 1 – 5 m high. In 1983, there were
some palm trees, about 2m in height, and Few scattered bushes on it, but it would appear
that the cay is too small for vegetation to survive. Tropical storms for long, as in
several previous years the cay has been reported as being bare.
The brakers on the reef have been sighted at a distance of 9,5 miles, and in 1976 were identified on the radar display at a range of 8 miles.
In 1981, the stranded wrecks charted 0,5 cable S and 5 cables NE of the centre of the cay were not particulary visible from either NE or SE and the sand cay was sighted before them.
Conway
Reef (Ceva-i-Ra, Theva-i-Ra)
Group:
Country: Fiji
Region: Oceania 7
Lat: 21.77� S Long : 174.52� E
Area: 0.0 sq. km Altitude:
2 m
Depth to nearest land: 3000 m
Nearest island: 225 km
group: 500 km
Nearest continent: Australia Distance: 2300 km
Isolation Index: 85
ISLAND TYPE: atoll with coral sand cay Natural Protection Indicator: 4
CLIMATE: wet tropical
CATASTROPHIC THREATS: cyclones
Threat Indicator: 1
ECOSYSTEMS:
Number
of Ecosystems - Terrestrial: 1
Marine: 3
Sand cay with young coconuts; windward and leeward atoll reefs and lagoon
Percent shoreline: Coral Reef: 99% Mangrove:
0% Species Richness Indicator - Terrestrial: 0 Marine: 3
INVASIVE SPECIES:
Invasive Species Indicator: 1
HUMAN OCCUPATION: Uninhabited
Population: 0 Density:
0.0 persons/sq. km
Major Human Activities: coconuts
HUMAN IMPACT INDEX HI:
1
CONSERVATION IMPORTANCE INDEX CI-Terrestrial: 5
Low
CI-Marine: 13
Moderate