Proposed Sand Dredging in Basin A Offshore from Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga.

Location

TONGA

Author(s)

Cruickshank, Michael J.

Publisher

Ministry of Land , Survey and Natural Resouces

Publication Year:

1996

Publication Place

Tonga

Physical Description:

43p,;29cm

Call Number

EIA

Language

English

Record ID:

20509

Legacy PEIN ID:

60427

General Notes

The purpose of the action is to discontinue the mining of sand beaches on the island of Tongatapu and to replace these operations with the mining of sand from Basin A, an offshore deposit located in the lagoon approximately 10km north of Nuku'alofa in 15 m water depth.

Subject Heading(s)

EIA-Sand-Tonga

Tag(s)

tonga