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Matema Island, Solomon Islands
Reef Islands, Temotu Province
Matema is a beautiful island located in the south western Reef Islands. The island is 640 m long and 350 m wide. It is surrounded by a circular reef one kilometre in diameter.
Most inhabitants live on the northern end of the island. Crescent shaped Malim Reef is located 1.3 km north of Matema. East of the island are Manuwa and Matumbi Reefs.
The inhabitants of the island speak Polynesian but physically resemble Melanesians. The islanders regularly paddle canoes east to the main Reef Islands to trade.
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