Islands Of Vanuatu

	Islands Of Vanuatu This is a list of islands of Vanuatu by provinces of Vanuatu, province, largely from north to south, subdivided by archipelago when appropriate. Vanuatu is usually said to contain 83 islands. Islands Torba Province Torres Islands Hiw (island), Hiw Metoma (uninhabited, but formerly inhabited) Tegua Ngwel (uninhabited) Linua Lo (island), Lo Toga (island), Toga Banks Islands *Vet Tagde Ureparapara Rowa Islands (Reef Islands) Enwut (uninhabited) Lomeur Vanua Lava *Kwakea Leneu Nawila Ravenga Gaua (Santa Maria Island) Mota (island), Mota Mota Lava (Saddle) *Ra Island Merig *Mere Lava Sanma Province Espiritu Santo Dany Island Araki (island) Elephant Island (Vanuatu), Elephant Island Thion (Vanuatu), Dolphin Island Sakao (Sanma, Vanuatu), Sakao Malohu Malparavu Maltinerava Malvapevu Malwepe Oyster Island (Vanuatu), Oyster Island Tangoa Island, Tangoa Bokissa Lataro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sanma Province Sanma is a province located in the Northern part of the nation of Vanuatu, occupying the nation's largest island, Espiritu Santo, which is located approximately 2,500 km northeast of Sydney, Australia. The name Sanma is derived from the initial letters of the main islands of (Espiritu) SANto and MA lo. Population It has a population of 45,8602009 Census Summary release final - Government of Vanuatu and an area of 4,248 km². The provincial capital is Luganville Luganville is the second largest city in Vanuatu after the capital Port Vila; it is located on the island of Espiritu Santo and has a population of 18,062 as of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mere Lava Merelava (or ''Mere Lava'') is an island in the Banks Islands of the Torba Province of northern Vanuatu. Names The inhabitants of Merelava call their own island ''Mwerlap'', more accurately ''N̄wërlap'' . The name ''Merelava'' or ''M̄ere Lava'' reflects the way it is called in the neighboring Mota language ‒ phonetically . According to Codrington, the etymology of this name (in Proto-Torres-Banks) is likely to be ''mʷera-i laβa'' > ''mʷerelaβa'', literally “the big boy”; it contrasts with the neighboring island M̄erig , from ''mʷera riɣi'' “the small boy”. These words refer metaphorically to the islands themselves. Cognates in other Torres-Banks languages include Mwotlap ''M̄eylap'' . Geography Merelava is situated in the southeastern part of the archipelago near Mota and Merig. Merelava has also been known as ''Star Island''. It is located about east of Gaua. Merelava is a nearly round volcanic island with a diameter of almost 4.5 km and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Merig Merig is a small island located east of Gaua, in the Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu. The island is about wide, and has a circumference of . Name The name ''Merig'' comes from the Mota language. It comes from a Proto-Torres-Banks form ''mʷera riɣi'' "the small boy" via haplology to ''mʷeriɣi''. It contrasts with Merelava, from ''mʷera-i laβa'' "the big boy". The native term in Mwerlap is ''N̄wërig'' , from the same etymon. History The first recorded sighting of Merig Island by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Pedro Fernández de Quirós Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meani ... on 25 April 1606. It was then named ''Île Sainte Claire''. Population As of 2009, Merig was only inhabited by three households, consisting of 12 individuals. Meri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ra Island Rah or Ra is a small coral islet of , located in the Banks group of northern Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o .... The same name also refers to the single village which is situated within this islet. There is a massive rock tower on the island, which is a popular hiking spot for locals as well as tourists. It is named ''Tavalya'' in Mwotlap (meaning "the other side of Ra"), and sometimes labelled 'the Rock of Rah' in English. The islet of Rah is situated off the larger island of Mota Lava. Access to Rah is done in two ways: at low tide, by wading across the narrow strait from the mainland;and at high tide, by outrigger canoe. Name The islet is known in English, and Bislama, as ''Rah'' (where the letter ''h'' does not represent anything in the actual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mota Lava Mota Lava or Motalava is an island of the Banks group, in the north of Vanuatu. It forms a single coral system with the small island of Ra. The 2009 census figures give a population of 1,640 inhabitants (Mota Lava + Ra), which amounts to a population density of 67 people per km2. Geography Geography and geology With an area of 24 km2 (9.3 sq mi), Mota Lava is the fourth largest island in the Banks Islands, after Gaua, Vanua Lava and Ureparapara. It is the highest () of the eastern chain of islands, as well as the largest. Ra, a small island of , is located off the southern coast of Mota Lava. It is attached to it by high corals that one can wade through at low tide. The climate on Mota Lava is humid tropical. The average annual rainfall exceeds 4000 mm. The island is subject to frequent earthquakes and cyclones. The island is served by Mota Lava Airport. Geology Mota Lava is composed of at least five basaltic stratovolcanoes. Two of the cones, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mota (island) Mota (formerly ''Sugarloaf Island'') is an island in the Banks group of northern Vanuatu. Its population – today about 700 people – speak the Mota language, which Christian missionaries of the Anglican Church used as a lingua franca in parts of Melanesia. Name The name ''Mota'' is an adaptation of the local name ''M̄ota'' . Cognates in other Torres-Banks languages include Mwotlap ''Am̄ot'' , Vera'a ''M̄ō'o'' , and Vurës ''M̄ot'' . They are all derived from a form ''mʷota'' in Proto-Torres-Banks, referring to the island. The form is possibly cognate with Proto-Polynesian ''motu'' "island", from Proto-Oceanic ''motus'' "broken off, detached". The same root is found in Mota Lava, the name of an island north of Mota ‒ etymologically, "big Mota". Geography Mota is located 18 km south of Mota Lava and 12 km east of Vanua Lava, the second-largest island in the Banks archipelago. The slightly oval island has a length of 5 km and has an area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Gaua Gaua (formerly known as ''Santa Maria Island'') is the largest and second most populous of the Banks Islands in Torba Province in northern Vanuatu. It covers . Geography Gaua is subject to frequent earthquakes and cyclones. The climate is humid tropical; the average annual rainfall exceeds 3500 mm. It has rugged terrain, reaching up to Mount Gharat (797 m), the peak of the active stratovolcano which lies at the center of the island. Its most recent eruption was in 2013. The volcano has a 6 × 9 km caldera, within which lies a crater lake, known as Lake Letas, which is the largest lake in Vanuatu. To the east of the lake is Siri Waterfall (120 m drop). Natural History Geology Gaua's geology is fairly typical of an immature volcanic island arc. The oldest part of the island is the southwestern corner, which consists largely of primitive basalts and ankaramites. Most of the island is covered by the Santa Maria Pyroclastic Series, a mafic ignimb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ravenga Ravenga is a small island in Torba Province, Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o ..., in the Pacific Ocean. The island is also known as Ranenger. Geography Ravenga lies 1.2 km off the eastern coast of Vanua Lava. The island has a diameter of about 800 meters, and is surrounded by white sandy beaches. On the northern, eastern, and southern sides of Ravenga, the reef extends offshore about 250 m, and then drops off into deep water. Name The name ''Ravenga'' comes from the Mota language, which was used as the primary language of the Melanesian Mission. It is pronounced in Mota as . In Mwotlap, it is referred to as ''Ayven̄'' (with the locative prefix ''a-''). All of these terms come from a Proto-Torres-Banks form ''raβeŋa''. References Torb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nawila Nawila (also Ngéré Néwet, Nawila, Île Nowéla, Île Nivoula, Île Niwula Pulo) is a small uninhabited island in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is .... Name Geography Nawila lies 500 m east of Kwakéa in the Banks Islands archipelago. The island is part of a three-island group on an atoll 3.2 km long and 1.9 km wide. There is a small vegetated islet 150 m south of Nawila. References Islands of Vanuatu Sanma Province Uninhabited islands of Vanuatu {{Island-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Leneu Leneu is a small uninhabited island in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Leneu lies close to Sola on Vanua Lava and is a part of Banks Islands archipelago. Name The name ''Leneu'' comes from the Mota language Mota is an Oceanic language spoken by about 750 people on Mota island, in the Banks Islands of Vanuatu. It is the most conservative Torres–Banks language, and the only one to keep its inherited five-vowel system intact while also preservin .... References Islands of Vanuatu Sanma Province Uninhabited islands of Vanuatu Banks Islands {{Island-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]