Tiga Island
Tiga Island, also called Tokanod, is a small island in the South Pacific Ocean. Tiga lies from Lifou Island, and 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 of Lifou, in the Loyalty Islands Province, one of three provinces of the Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies, an overseas territory of France. The island is long and wide, totaling about. The highest point is above sea level. The population of Tiga Island was 169 in 1996, for a density of about 17 person per km.
The island has occasional commercial air service to its airfield, Tiga Airport.
In popular culture
- Tiga is featured in the children's novel On the Run, by British author Nina Bawden.
- A manipulated version of the Nyinewaco dance, a Kanak choir and dance from the Tiga island, is featured in the song My Weakness in the 1999 Moby album Play.
- Tiga Island was given to a new superhero of the Ultra Series called Ultraman Tiga based on the ''of the same name''