Nalongo and Nupani is a small atoll in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...

. It has a coral reef totally encircling a lagoon.

Nupani Island, also called Nimba, is inhabited, while Nalongo has no permanent habitation.

Administratively this atoll belongs to the Temotu Province

Temotu Province

Temotu is the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands. The province was formerly known as Santa Cruz Islands Province. It consists, essentially, of two chains of islands which run parallel to each other from the northwest to the southeast.- Islands :...

 of the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

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The Nalongo and Nupani Atoll is located about 65 km to the West of the main group of the Reef Islands

Reef Islands

The Reef Islands are a loose collection of 16 islands in the northwestern part of the Solomon Islands province of Temotu. These islands have historically also been known by the names of Swallow Islands and Matema Islands....

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