Marovo Lagoon
Marovo Lagoon is a large saltwater lagoon located in the New Georgia Islands, north of Vangunu Island, at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. It is part of the Solomon Islands. It encompasses 700 square km and is protected by a double barrier reef system.
The Marovo Lagoon World Heritage Area in located in the Marovo Lagoon. Sightings of Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) have been confirmed in the lagoon.[1]
There are many islands in the lagoon, some of which are inhabited. The people speak the Marovo language and live mainly by subsistence agriculture and are skilled at fishing.[2] The lagoon is a popular destination for diving.
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