Calvados Chain
- Landsat 7
- Path 092 Row 068
- 11 October 1999
Part of the Louisiade Archipelago, the Calvados Chain of islands (shown above in false colour, with vegetation in greyscale) are located within the lagoon of the Vanatinai island-barrier reef system. The islands extend in an easterly direction from Panasia (off Pana Tinani) to Hemenahei, across a distance of some 80 km.
Its main islands include: Pana Vara Vara, Pana Rai Rai, Utian Panarora, Pana Udu Udi, Gulewa, Moturina, Ululina, Venariwa, Bonna Wan, Bagaman, Bobo Eina, Pana Numara, Yaruman, Panangaribu, Panantanian, Pana Krusima, Kuanak, Gigila, and Pana Wina — the largest island of the Calvados Chain, measuring 5 km by 4 km.
The islands rise steeply from the sea and are either thickly forested or vegetated with grasslands; they generally rise to heights of between 90 m and 300 m above sea level. Many of the islands are surrounded by their own small reef systems and lagoons. In addition to the high islands there are also numerous low coral islets and reefs in the area.
image: millenium coral reefs landsat archive/usf millenium global coral reef mapping project/nasa seawifs/nasa jsc
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