Pangaimotu (Tongatapu)

Pangaimotu is a small island in the Tongatapu group of Tonga, lying near the capital Nukuʻalofa.

[2] Aside from the beaches, a centrepiece of the island's attraction is a wreck jumping from the hull of the upturned ship 50 metres off the island's main beach.

[4] The Pangaimotu reef was declared a national marine reserve in 1989.

[5] The first mass in Tonga was held under a tree on Pangaimotu on 2 July 1842.

It was conducted by Jean Baptiste Pompallier and Father Chevron.