Floating Island in Labasa, Fiji, Sinkhole, underground caves, Nagmandir, Mystery solved

Mystery solved I think. Video explains how the island would have been formed and what may happen to the island in the future. Scientific Approach towards the mysteries and the formation of the island.

[@bobbywasabi3003]

Youre not a scientist nor a geologist. But your theory amd the connection you made to the locals version of the caves to sink holes, commands I take my hats off. Much respect and love from a Labasian in Auckland. This is like a PhD dissertation. Thank you miss, for your research and hard work into this video

[@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu]

Thank you Bobby Wasabi for your kind words. It was quite an experience visiting the island and researching about it. Loved it. When I see viewers appreciating my work, it gives me satisfaction. Thanks again Bobby.

[@user-wl4jn6es1w]

Interesting and I thank you very much

[@VilimainaWatiHunt]

Thanks a lot on your explanations that will be very useful for our generations to come...these are some sorts of landmarks that need to be explored and foretold for the betterment of our people..I totally agree on your scientific views of things and found your video very informative and interesting.. I'm a Fijian, lives here in Vitilevu and never saw this floating island not untill your video, I was then able to see it..thanks a lot❤

[@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu]

Thank you so much for the comments. Beth encouraging.

[@pdmaheshsharma]

I agree with you 100% simple as that🙏

[@elizarvakabua542]

Interesting indeed,thanks for uploading this marvelous video...hope to visit these floating island and experience it myself some day.

[@easylife2927]

Those gases there can be methane gas which helps it to float since methane is lighter than air. The methane gas could have been formed from decomposed plants. An as per its movement it depends on the wind as the side wind directs the island tilts and releses gas from other sides which directs islands movement. The movement also depends on weight. If people stand on the island on one side the island will tilt and release gas which directs its movement. Ma'am ur explantion on the formation of the island was spot on 👍. Loved it.

[@shakeel786msk]

Very well explained.. thanks. I visited few times i was thinking it was connected with sea through underground caves due to the fact that i heard sea fish was found like you have mentioned. I go for your second theory

[@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu]

Thank you Mohammed.

[@prophet1782]

6:55 It is called Hala Tree. In Fiji Indians call it Keula . The fruits attract bats at night.

[@carolineclark5369]

fascinating ! -ex-volcano mouth? volcanic debris floating like an iceberg in a deep volcanic chamber now a super deep lake? ie: a pumice-type rock? pumice floats

[@epelidaucakacaka8025]

Very interesting!!!

[@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu]

Thank you Epeli.

[@NemaniKaito]

Your mission can lead people to danger, the place is has an ancient secret historical story that the tribe have

[@shakeel786msk]

I have seen the edge getting connected to the land mass

[@jaimezardel5544]

Thank you Ma'am.

[@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu]

You are very welcome Jaime.

[@prophet1782]

The island is moving probably due to Chemistry in the water and Physics created by it. Eg The water might be Hard or Soft due to chemicals in it.

[@KP-sc1nh]

The roots and media are probably what’s preventing it falling apart and sinking.

[@prophet1782]

KP Yes correct. It has a fern on it. It is called Fish tale in Fiji. This fern has very strong clumpy roots. It is holding it together.

[@RAMESH9211G]

It was interesting to know about floating island, been there once only in 1974

[@jaimezardel5544]

10:00 Notice the small plant leaves in the mid and right forefront. it is a native Fern . It's nick named "Fish Tail". Most houses have this as an indoor plant.The roots of this fern is very strong and bushy. So it grabs the soil and keeps the island intact.

[@nacanielinalewabau5211]

I wonder if someone has dove into it to actually prove that there's indeed an expansion land mass under the island. Plus this floating island, during low tide do people actually see that landmass underneath? Any picture of the island taken from above. Interesting topic. Love it. I hope you do more videos as such than just cooking. I love it🥰👌

[@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu]

I don’t think anyone jumped in the hole and came back. May be if someone equipped with proper safety gear and with approval from the local government, dives down the hole can bring out more details about what is down there as to the cave system and the landscape below.

[@prophet1782]

Salt water fish is reported in it. So it's believed its connected to the sea thru underground waterways.

[@saritatandon1220]

The Mysterious Floating Islands Of Lake Titicaca In Peru do watch the floating island of Peru

[@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu]

Will watch the floating island in Peru.

[@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu]

I watched it interesting!

[@acenurses9650]

How come the island is still there ??? I visited it 45 yrs ago and my whole family climbed onto it and it moved into the middle of the lake and later came back to the mainland and we got off ! Looking at your video the island to me hasn’t reduced in size and it looks exactly as I saw it then ! I am actually shocked to see it still floating all these years !!

[@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu]

Few people had contacted me after watching my video, to tell me that they knew the island when there were more than one piece floating. The smaller pieces of land drowned already. It seems Local boys used to jump in and out of the island and play. Like I had mentioned the island could possibly break into smaller pieces or into two pieces eventually. It might happen any time within few years from now OR few Hundred years from now. Or it might not even break at all but just shrink in size when the edges get eroded and fall into the water. The changes to the island depends on the water current underneath, and the erosion of the soil that’s holding the roots of the plants on the land piece. Like I had said, this prediction is strictly based on my scientific study. This is my prediction. That’s all. I am not here to hurt any ones believes or faith.

[@prophetsj1180]

@@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu... Ma'am If you watch videos of floating islands in Peru ,they use water grasses to create artificial islands. After some time it naturalizes itself. I believe the local Council should plant such grass on this island to keep it from breaking. It is a tourist attraction. Agriculture Dept can help.

[@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu]

@@prophetsj1180 thanks for the comments. Nice hope. I am aware of the artificial islands created with water grass and other materials around the world. These artificial islands are floating in shallow waters. But the floating island in Fiji is formed by deep sink hole and the water body beneath this island is like a bottomless pit filled with water and heavy water currents underneath. Not just water current but poisonous gas as well. It is not advisable to go on to Fiji’s floating island to do any digging. There could be weak spots on the island because of erosion. So digging could be very dangerous. Even going near the edge of this sink hole is dangerous. The edges going to get eroded eventually and slowly fall into the hole making the mouth of the sink hole wider and wider as years go by. Even expert swimmers will not survive if they jump or fall into any sink hole filled with water. The two water bodies where the artificial islands in Peru and the Fiji’s island are floating are very different. Tourists can visit but there should be fence all around the hole. It is not safe to go too much near the edge of the hole.

[@prophet1782]

It has Fish Tale Fern on it. It's roots hold the Island together.

[@kelepicakobau6903]

you should have visited the nearest village where the priest of the floating Island lives. he has more to show you.. the taxi driver your tour guide duped you.. there is no connection between the temple and the floating island...Fiji is full of wonders.. try to visit Beka island where the firewalkers lives.. try visit Koro Island where they call forth turtles.. try to visit Malau many wonders there... visit visoo in namuka see the giant footsteps there.. plus more and more.. the key is to see the priests o fhte wonders... try it next time...

[@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu]

Thank you so much Kelepi. While I was in Fiji, I was looking for someone like you who are knowledgeable about the islands to talk to. I will try to visit the places you have mentioned. I also would like to visit Teveuni. Can you also please tell me how to reach Koro, Malau, and Namuka from Nadi.

[@aqisiwatikoroi9123]

@@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu madam ask the story from the Nubu peoples. Originally Nubians origin.From what I heard they travelled inland through a river in a large reed boat.

[@8470Nathan]

Why can’t you make island float

[@jaimezardel5544]

0:34 But i really want to see something else.

[@jaimezardel5544]

There were two islands up to around the 60's. You are right. One has gone down.

[@NavindranGoundar]

Well explained ma'am but mysterious floating island will remain a mystery. It's a mystery which can't be solved through science. Your scientific explanation can't prove it correct so let it be a mystery.😊😊 Good research though. Thank you for your effort!!

[@prophetsj1180]

Navindran Goundar {Dj Navin} ....... What is the mystery there. ?? She has solved it scientifically. It was created by a sink hole. Her scientific explanation is backed with facts and pictures. The pics right before you are a proof. The Wala trees and the ferns on the island are also on the land around the pond.That proves that the island was part of the land mass before the land sank. She has scientifically proved her findings.She had said without knowing that there must have been 3 or 4 islands there initially. There is living proof that there were 3 or 4 islands there before. I am a living proof that there were two islands there by the 60's. I saw pictures of Two Islands in The Fiji Times when i was young.People were talking about two islands there. These pictures exist in the archives of The Fiji Times. You are contradicting yourself. You don't know what you talking. On the one hand you commending her for her good research ,on the other hand you say she hasn't proven anything scientifically. She has proven everything scientifically. There is no mystery there to prove.

[@jaimezardel5544]

The trees on and around the island is Hala trees. Indians call it "Keula" . You can roll it's dry leaves and smoke it. Saluka is a nick name for this tree. Saluka means cigarette in the Native language. {ch out Hala Trees on utube} The tree's ripe fruit attracts a lot of bats at night.

[@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu]

Nice information. Thanks for sharing Jaime.

[@jaimezardel5544]

@@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu You Welcome. Correction - the Tree is called Hala not wala.

[@prophetsj1180]

@@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu ..... You Welcome Ma'am.

[@tefillah7450]

Don't use MUST BE!!! Be EXACT Please ...!! CAUSE THIS ISLAND 🏝️ HAVE ITS HISTORY. NO NEED OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION.

[@jaimezardel5544]

TEFILLAH.... She can't be exact. She is giving a probable account of what must have happened . And she is right. There two islands in that sink hole up to the 60's. One went down as she said.

[@jaimezardel5544]

TEFILLAH.... She has given a very detailed account on this Island and she is spot on. There were two Islands there up till the 1960's. My grand parents visited it .One has gone down as she had said. Her use of the term "Must Be " is exactly correct. Every explanation of hers makes sense. She is Exact.

[@alipatecaginaisi886]

@@jaimezardel5544 She is a mathematician, not a Geologist or a scientist, this is why Indian theory is based only on belief and bullshit theory like that dirty water in Ganga river, people's waste on it but still consumes it. Fiji's mystery, either leave it to the Itaukei or to the right professions.

[@lalitakiran7753]

Your are very good talker but nothing is right women

[@IndianCookingwithSuganthiSu]

Thank you for the comments Lalitha. I really would like to educate myself if you can explain what is not right. Everything I mentioned in this video was based on scientific reasons and my own views. I do not expect anyone to agree with me. But if you knew something more than what I seems to know, please let me know. Would really like to hear from you.

[@prophet1782]

Everything she says is correct. It is a sink hole. The ground there just sank in. There were two or three Islands around early 60s. Pictures were appearing in Fiji Times newspapers. I saw it as a kid. Notice the Hala Trees on the island are also around the sink hole. That means the island was part of the ground that sank in. When it filled up with water that intact island bit surfaced and became a floating island.

[@8470Nathan]

You are wrong it’s from God

[@jaimezardel5544]

Nathan Sharma.... Yes God created it the way she explained it. It is from God. She can't be wrong.

[@ach6386]

How is she wrong? And why are you staying the obvious? Everything is from God. I am just not sure where your brain is from.