Tiga Island
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Tiga Island, also called Tokanod, is a small, island in the South Pacific Ocean
. Tiga lies 35 km (21.7 mi) from Lifou Island
, and 24.5 km (15.2 mi) from Maré Island
in the Loyalty Islands
. The Loyalty Islands are part of the greater archipelago
of New Caledonia
.
Tiga is part of the commune (municipality) of Lifou
, in the province des îles Loyauté or Loyalty Islands Province
, one of three provinces of the Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies, an overseas territory of France. The island is 6 km (3.7 mi) long and 2 km (1.2 mi) wide, totaling about 10 km (4 sq. miles). The highest point is 76 m (249 ft) above sea-level. The population of Tiga Island was 169 in 1996, for a density of about 17 person per km.
Tiga is featured in the children's novel On the Run
(1964), by British author Nina Bawden
. The novel was recognized as a superior work of children's fiction from the past twenty years by receiving a XXX award in 1993.
One summer, a boy named Ben is living in London with his father, stepmother-to-be, and cousins. His cousin is not well. Ben is on his own a lot, so he explores the gardens of the terrace houses on his street by walking along the walls connecting them until he comes a house covered in jagged glass. He falls into a garden behind the house with jagged glass and meets Thomas, a boy from Tiga Island. Thomas stays in London while his father, Chief Okapi, is in exile there. Ben discovers a plot to kidnap Thomas, and decides to run away with him, and his friend Lil.
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...
. Tiga lies 35 km (21.7 mi) from Lifou Island
Lifou Island
Lifou Island is the largest and most important island of the Loyalty Islands, in the archipelago of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is located at .-Administration:...
, and 24.5 km (15.2 mi) from Maré Island
Maré Island
Maré Island is the second-largest of the Loyalty Islands, in the archipelago of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The island is part of the commune of Maré, in the Loyalty Islands Province of New Caledonia....
in the Loyalty Islands
Loyalty Islands
The Loyalty Islands are an archipelago in the Pacific. They are part of the French territory of New Caledonia, whose mainland is away. They form the Loyalty Islands Province , one of the three provinces of New Caledonia...
. The Loyalty Islands are part of the greater archipelago
Archipelago
An archipelago , sometimes called an island group, is a chain or cluster of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- and πέλαγος – pélagos through the Italian arcipelago...
of New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
.
Tiga is part of the commune (municipality) of Lifou
Lifou
Lifou is a commune in the Loyalty Islands Province of New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean.-Geography:Lifou is made up of Lifou Island, the largest and most heavily populated of the Loyalty Islands, its smaller neighbour Tiga Island, and several uninhabited islets in between these two...
, in the province des îles Loyauté or Loyalty Islands Province
Loyalty Islands
The Loyalty Islands are an archipelago in the Pacific. They are part of the French territory of New Caledonia, whose mainland is away. They form the Loyalty Islands Province , one of the three provinces of New Caledonia...
, one of three provinces of the Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies, an overseas territory of France. The island is 6 km (3.7 mi) long and 2 km (1.2 mi) wide, totaling about 10 km (4 sq. miles). The highest point is 76 m (249 ft) above sea-level. The population of Tiga Island was 169 in 1996, for a density of about 17 person per km.
Tiga is featured in the children's novel On the Run
On the Run (novel)
On the Run is a children's novel by British author, Nina Bawden. It was also published as Three on the Run in the United States. It is an independent sequel to The House of Secrets.- Plot :...
(1964), by British author Nina Bawden
Nina Bawden
Nina Bawden CBE is a popular British novelist and children's writer. Her mother was a teacher and her father a marine.-Life:...
. The novel was recognized as a superior work of children's fiction from the past twenty years by receiving a XXX award in 1993.
One summer, a boy named Ben is living in London with his father, stepmother-to-be, and cousins. His cousin is not well. Ben is on his own a lot, so he explores the gardens of the terrace houses on his street by walking along the walls connecting them until he comes a house covered in jagged glass. He falls into a garden behind the house with jagged glass and meets Thomas, a boy from Tiga Island. Thomas stays in London while his father, Chief Okapi, is in exile there. Ben discovers a plot to kidnap Thomas, and decides to run away with him, and his friend Lil.