Pileni
![NASA picture of the Reef Islands. Pileni is the island on the right off the northern coast](/Images/godic/202502/02/ISS006-E-26744reef0535.PNG")
Pileni is a culturally important island in the Reef Islands, in the northern part of the Solomon Islands province of Temotu. Despite its location in Melanesia, the population of the islands is Polynesian.
Pileni has a population of below 300 inhabitants and is around 200 m (660 ft) wide and 500 m (1,600 ft) long. It is vulnerable to tsunamis and the sea level rising.