Owariki

Owariki

Owariki or Owa Riki (formerly Santa Catalina) is an island in the Solomon Islands; it is located in Makira-Ulawa Province.

Description

This small coral island is 2.8 km long and 2 km wide. It is located off the eastern end of Makira (San Cristobal) Island, separated from it by a 7.5 km wide strait, and just south of slightly larger Owaraha (Santa Ana) Island. The sound between Owaraha and Owariki is only 2.5 km wide.

The inhabitants of Owariki speak the Owa language. They share the same culture with the people on Owaraha and on the eastern end of Makira.

Owariki was visited,, along with neighboring Owaraha, by the Austrian anthropologist and photographer Hugo Bernatzik in 1932. Bernatzik carefully documented daily life among the island people and published an ethnography a few years later.[1]

References

  1. ^ Hugo Bernatzik, Owa Raha. Büchergilde Gutenberg, Vienna / Zürich / Prague, 1936.

Coordinates: 10°53′31″S 162°26′46″E / 10.892°S 162.446°E / -10.892; 162.446



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