Banie () is the main island of the

Vanikoro Vanikoro (sometimes wrongly named ''Vanikolo'') is an island in the Santa Cruz group, located to the Southeast of the main Santa Cruz group. It is part of the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands. The name ''Vanikoro'' is always used as thoug ...

group, in the Temotu province of the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...

. The only other inhabited island of the group is the smaller island of Teanu or Tevai.

Name

The island of Banie receives its name from its highest mountain, mount Banie. The local population sometimes uses ''Banie'' as a way to designate the whole Vanikoro group.

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Maps of Vanikoro, showing location of Banie
Islands of the Solomon Islands {{SolomonIslands-geo-stub