Naitaba
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Naitaba Island (Naitauba,"Naitauba (Variant)" {{GEOnet2|32FA88342CF93774E0440003BA962ED3}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Naitaba"Naitaba (Variant) " {{GEOnet2|32FA88342CFB3774E0440003BA962ED3}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) "Naitamba Island (Approved)" {{GEOnet2|32FA88342CFA3774E0440003BA962ED3}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyHenderson, George Cockburn (1933) The Discoverers of the Fiji Islands: Tasman, Cook, Bligh, Wilson, Bellinghausen J. Murray, London, page 203, {{OCLC|56000674}} is an island of the northern Lau Islands of Fiji. It is a triangular shaped island approximately {{convert|2.4|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} in diameter.{{cite book | last=Bartholomew | first=John George | title=The Royal Atlas & Gazetteer of Australasia | publisher=T. Nelson | year=1890 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VGo-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PT153 | oclc=25600847 |page=35}} The island is volcanic with coral and rises to {{convert|186|m|ft}} on a flat-topped hill toward the southern end of the island.United States Hydrographic Office (1916) Pacific Islands Pilot Volume II (Eastern Groups) US Navy, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., [https://books.google.com/books?id=pXIPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA462 page 462], {{OCLC|36732916}} The island is forested and coconuts were grown commercially for copra. There is a barrier reef completely surrounding the island.
History
In early 1920 the coconut estates on Wakaya and Naitaba suffered a heavy loss due to a storm.{{cite news |title=Damage at the islands. |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19200310.2.56 |access-date=25 July 2023 |work=Taranaki Daily News |date=10 March 1920 |page=5}} In 1965 the actor Raymond Burr and his partner purchased {{convert|1625|ha|acre|0}} on the island,{{cite web |url=http://passportmagazine.com/robert-benevides-of-the-raymond-burr-winery/ |title=Robert Benevides: Raymond Burr Vineyards, Sonoma County, California |last=Mersmann |first=Andrew |date=April 2008 |website=Passport Online |access-date=21 May 2016}} where they raised copra and cattle.{{Cite web|url=http://www.raymondburrvineyards.com/his.html |title=History |publisher=Raymond Burr Vineyards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206112451/http://www.raymondburrvineyards.com/his.html |archive-date=6 February 2012 |accessdate=21 May 2016}} This land was sold in 1983 to Johannine Daist Communion for the use of Adi Da,{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/11/AR2005061100724.html |title=Deep Throat's Daughter, The Kindred Free Spirit |work=The Washington Post |date= 12 June 2005|accessdate=23 November 2010 | first=Lynne | last=Duke}} with a purchase price of $2.1 million.Stanley, David (1992) Fiji Islands Handbook (3rd edition) Moon Publications, Chico, California, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KLUJWJU29xAC&pg=PA192 page 192], {{ISBN|0-918373-92-1}} It was reported that Adi Da died of cardiac arrest on November 27, 2008, at his home on the island, while working on his art.{{Cite web|url= http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=107501|title= Spiritual leader passes on|date= November 28, 2008|work= www.fijitimes.com|access-date= February 20, 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090226040019/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=107501|archive-date= February 26, 2009|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6664/764/ |title=Lake County News | California - Followers mourn death of spiritual leader |access-date=2010-06-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627073749/http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6664/764/ |archive-date=2009-06-27 }}
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