Raranitiqa

{{short description|Island in the Ringgold Isles, Fiji}}

{{Infobox islands|name = Raranitiqa Island|location = South Pacific|country = Fiji

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Raranitiqa Island (also known as Rara ni Tinka or Tavuka){{Cite book|title = Memoirs of The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History|publisher = Bishop Museum Press|year = 1903|location = Honolulu, Hawaii|pages = 136, 154|volume = 1}} is a Fijian island located within the Ringgold Isles archipelago, which forms an outlier group to the northern island of Vanua Levu. It is located within the Budd Reef and large formations of rocks, known as the Gangway rocks, make navigation around the island dangerous at night.{{Cite book|title = Sailing Directions for the Fiji Islands and Adjacent Waters|last = Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty|publisher = Hydrographic Office, Admiralty|year = 1882|location = London|pages = 104}} It has a land area of {{convert|2.49|ha|acres m2}}. The southern part of the island has a "well-defined summit."{{Cite book|title = Pacific Islands Pilot|last = The Hydrographic Office|publisher = Government Printing Office|year = 1916|location = Washington, D.C.|pages = 361}}