Ontong Java Atoll or Luangiuais one of the largest atolls on earth. It is sometimes referred to as Lord Howe Atoll, not to be confused with Lord Howe Island. Administratively Ontong Java belongs to the Solomon Islands As an outlying part of Malaita Province. Approximately 2000 people live on the atoll. There are two main villages where the population is concentrated with 1,386 on the island of Luaniua in the eastern end and 689 on Pelau in the northeast.