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Rennell Island
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Rennell Island
Rennell Island
, locally known as
Mugaba
, is the main island of two inhabited islands that make up the
Rennell and Bellona Province
in the
Solomon Islands
. Rennell Island has a land area of that is about long and wide. It is the second largest
raised coral atoll
in the world with the largest lake in the insular
Pacific
(Lake Tegano) that is listed as a
World Heritage Site
. Rennell Island has a population of about 1840 persons of
Polynesian
descent who primarily speak Renbelian,
Pijin
and some
English
. Rennell and Bellona Islands are two of the few islands in the
Melanesian
Solomon Island archipelago classified as a
Polynesian outlier
(others being
Sikaiana
,
Ontong Java
,
Tikopia
,
Anuta
,
Duff Islands
and some
Reef Islands
).
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