Fiji in the Future

Physical Exact Location of Fiji.

The Southern Pacific country of Fiji is made up of 332 small islands, which were created by numerous volcanic eruptions caused by the collision between the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates. Although a majority of the volcanoes located throughout the islands are dormant, there are still several which have on-going volcanic activity. Aside from the volcanic activity, Fiji is mostly famous for being one of the world’s premier vacation destinations. Fiji is also known for having wonderful temperature year round, with averange temperatures ranging from 78°F to 86°F in the summer and lows from 68°F to 79°F in the winter.

Over view of Taveuni Volcano and highlighted
portion shows where the volcano's peaking
point.

The country Fiji is one of the most magnificent on earth. After taking time and conducting research I am able to make a hypothetical prediction of what the landscape of Fiji will look like in 1,000 years, 10,000 years, and 1,000,000 years in the future.

Fast forwarding 1,000 years in the future, one of the changes which Fiji will face is another volcano eruption. According to Global Volcanism Program, it shows two different and main types of volcanoes located in the Fiji Island. Taveuni is one of Fiji’s islands, which is a shield volcano that is currently in radiocarbon status. Taveuni is the third largest volcano in Fiji islands and has erupted 58 times the discovery of this island which is about 950-750 BC. Therefore, within the next 1,000 years a Taveuni is due to erupt again.

Beautiful view of the New Fiji potentially being formed.

In 10,000 years Fiji will be a lot different then it is-presently. In the same way that Fiji formed, the same pattern will slowly reoccur in the 10,000. In 10,000 islands that are above water now will be under water and new islands will be formed. Not only will some of the islands take place of existing ones but also the location of the new islands will be relatively different than the ones that are present now.

This shows how easily new islands can be formed among each other.

An image of all tectonic plates surrounding Fiji
It shows the Pacific plate grinding against the Indo-Australian
plates to form part of Fiji.

A significant jump from 10,000 to 1,000,000 million years in the future, Fiji wouldn’t be how it is now. Not only will the location of Fiji be different but also the country as a whole would not exist anymore. As I previously stated, in about 10,000 years new islands are form to replace old ones, however in 1,000,000 the changes are 10 times more dramatic. As the Pacific tectonic plate submerges under the Indo-Australian plate new islands will be formed towards the north east of the current location now. Aside from just physical changes to the islands, the earth’s tilt will change and will have a huge climate effect on the Fiji Island. Since the current tilt is at 23.439 degree, however 1,000,000 years from now it is set to decrease significantly. With an earth’s tilt decrease and a physical location change of the Fiji Island the climate is due to increase the average temperature year round.

I am able to grasp a concise understanding of not only Fiji but the whole world in relatively to geography. Understanding how landmass are formed helps me predict what certain part of the world would look like in the future and grasping a broad perspective tilt of the earth can help me indentify the climate of a particular.  

Beautiful view of Fiji that has formed with many geographic features.

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