A well-elevated nasal root is also characteristic; 67 per cent show moderate elevation and 24 per cent pronounced, whereas 8 per cent are submedium; one individual is without any elevation. The interior Fijians have a little higher frequency of low nasal root (10 per cent), whereas the eastern people, with a 30 per cent incidence, excel in the pronounced category.
More striking is the breadth of the Fijian nasal root. It is pronounced in 68 per cent and moderate in the remainder of the series. Pronounced breadth is commoner among the interior people (75 per cent) and least preponderant in the east (55 per cent).
The nasal septum is nearly always straight; the only departure from this condition is a 4 per cent incidence of convexity. Regional differences are not significant.
Nasal bridge height is commonly medium (79 per cent) in the totality of noses. Fourteen percent are pronouncedly high and 7 per cent are submedium. The several provinces do not depart very far from this distribution.
The Fijian nose shows a strong tendency to broadness of the bridge. Two-thirds show pronounced breadth of bridge and the remainder are medium. Pronounced broadness increases in the interior groups (81 per cent) and shows a marked decline in the east (40 per cent).
Nasal profiles are most often straight (77 per cent), but convex noses are not uncommon (21 per cent). Convexity is slightly more frequent in the east (26 percent), whereas in the coastal people its incidence drops to 16 per cent.
Nasal-Tip Thickness
| Subm. | + | ++ | +++ | Total | |
| No. % | No. % | No. % | No. % | ||
| Fiji I | 1 0 | 344 42 | 461 58 | 1 0 | 812 |
| Interior | 0 0 | 55 36 | 98 64 | 0 0 | 153 |
| East | 1 1 | 80 67 | 39 33 | 0 0 | 120 |
| Coast | 0 0 | 94 45 | 114 55 | 1 1 | 209 |
| N.W. | 0 0 | 27 34 | 52 66 | 0 0 | 79 |
Nasal-Tip Inclination
| Absent | Subm. | + | ++ | Total | |
| No. % | No. % | No. % | No. % | ||
| Fiji I | 731 90 | 57 7 | 24 3 | 0 0 | 812 |
| Interior | 147 96 | 6 4 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 153 |
| East | 109 91 | 6 5 | 5 4 | 0 0 | 120 |
| Coast | 186 89 | 16 8 | 7 3 | 0 0 | 209 |
| N.W. | 71 90 | 6 8 | 2 3 | 0 0 | 79 |