This is a list of islands of Vanuatu by

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, largely from north to south, subdivided by

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when appropriate.

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

is usually said to contain 83 islands.

Islands

* Torba Province **

Torres Islands The Torres Islands are in the Torba Province of the country of Vanuatu, and is that country’s the northernmost island group. The chain of islands that make up this micro-archipelago straddles the broader cultural boundary between Island Melane ...

*** Hiw ***

Metoma Metoma is a small volcanic island in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Geography Metoma is a part of the Torres Islands archipelago. It lies 500 km from Port Vila. The island is located between the neighboring islands of Teg ...

(uninhabited, but formerly inhabited) *** Tegua *** Ngwel (uninhabited) *** Linua *** Lo ***

Toga The toga (, ), a distinctive garment of ancient Rome, was a roughly semicircular cloth, between in length, draped over the shoulders and around the body. It was usually woven from white wool, and was worn over a tunic. In Roman historical tr ...

Banks Islands The Banks Islands (in Bislama ''Bankis'') are a group of islands in northern Vanuatu. Together with the Torres Islands to their northwest, they make up the northernmost province of Torba. The island group lies about north of Maewo, and incl ...

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Vet Tagde Vot Tande is an uninhabited islet of the Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu. It is located about due north of the island of Mota Lava. The islet of Vot Tande has never been inhabited. It is host to thousands of sea birds—especially frigatebirds ...

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Ureparapara Ureparapara (also known as ''Parapara'' for short; once known as ''Bligh Island'') is the third largest island in the Banks group of northern Vanuatu, after Gaua and Vanua Lava. The climate on the island is humid tropical. The average annu ...

*** Rowa Islands (Reef Islands) **** Enwut (uninhabited) **** Lemeur ***

Vanua Lava Vanua Lava is the second largest of the Banks Islands in Torba Province, Vanuatu, after slightly larger Gaua. It is located about 120 km north-northeast of Espiritu Santo and north of Gaua. Name The name ''Vanua Lava'' comes from the ...

**** Kwakea **** Leneu **** Nawila **** Ravenga *** Gaua (Santa Maria Island) *** Mota *** Mota Lava (Saddle) **** Ra Island *** Merig *** Mere Lava *

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 in ...

Espiritu Santo Espiritu Santo (, ; ) is the largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, with an area of and a population of around 40,000 according to the 2009 census. Geography The island belongs to the archipelago of the New Hebrides in the Pacific region ...

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Dany Island Dany Island is a tropical island in Sanma Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean with full-time on-site staff. The island is a tourist destination for snorkeling, scuba diving, beach bar and grill, surfing, and deep-sea fishing. There is a newly ...

*** Araki Island ***

Elephant Island Elephant Island is an ice-covered, mountainous island off the coast of Antarctica in the outer reaches of the South Shetland Islands, in the Southern Ocean. The island is situated north-northeast of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, west-so ...

*** Dolphin Island *** Sakao *** Malohu *** Malparavu *** Maltinerava *** Malvapevu *** Malwepe *** Oyster Island *** Tangoa ***

Bokissa Bokissa (also Voisa or Abokisa) is a very small island in the South Pacific island nation An island country, island state or an island nation is a country whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands. Approximat ...

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Lataro Lataro (alternate names: Litaro or Satoshi Island or Pilot Island) is an uninhabited island in Sanma Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. The Shark Bay language is spoken in the regions surrounding the island. Geography Lataro lies in Shark ...

** Malo *** Asuleka ***

Malotina Malotina (also North Malo Killi Killi, Ile Malo Killi Killi du Nord, Île Malotina) is a small uninhabited island in Sanma Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Geography Malotina lies off the eastern coast of Malo Island. References

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*** Malokilikili ** Aore ** Tutuba ** Mavea ** Lathi * Penama Province **

Pentecost Island Pentecost Island is one of the 83 islands that make up the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. It lies due north of capital Port Vila. Pentecost Island is known as in French and in Bislama. The island was known in its native languages by na ...

Ambae Ambae Island, also known as Aoba, Omba, Oba, or Opa and formerly Lepers’ Island, is an island in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, located near , approximately north-northwest of Vanuatu's capital city, Port Vila. History First ...

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Maewo Maewo (; formerly ''Aurora Island'') is an island in Vanuatu in Penama province, 105 km to the east of Espiritu Santo. It is 47 km long, and 6 km wide, with an area of 269 km2. Its highest point is 795 m above sea l ...

Malampa Province Malampa is one of the six provinces of Vanuatu, located in the center of the country. It consists of three main islands: Malakula, Ambrym and Paama, and takes its name from the first syllable of their names. It includes a number of other islands ...

** Malakula ***

Akhamb Akhamb Island is a small island in Vanuatu, just off the southcoast of Malakula Malakula Island, also spelled Malekula, is the second-largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, formerly the New Hebrides, in Melanesia, a region of the Pacific Ocean ...

*** Arseo *** Sakao *** Maskelynes Islands **** Avokh **** Awei **** Leumanang ****

Uluveo Uluveo Island (also called Maskelyne) is a small, inhabited island in Malampa Province Malampa is one of the six provinces of Vanuatu, located in the center of the country. It consists of three main islands: Malakula, Ambrym and Paama, and tak ...

**** Vulai *** Norsup ***

Sowan Sowan (Îlot Sowan) is a small, uninhabited island in the Malampa Province of Vanuatu. Geography Sowan is located 4.5 km from Lakatoro on Malekula Island. Sowan is a long Shoal, sandbar with some vegetation. The estimated elevation of the terrai ...

*** Tomman ***

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*** Uripiv *** Varo ***

Wala __NOTOC__ Wala may refer to: Places *Wala (island), a small island in Vanuatu, and a popular destination for cruise ships * Wala, Panama, a community in Kuna de Wargandí, Panama *Kingdom of Wala a pre-colonial polity in the north of modern Ghana ...

Ambrym Ambrym is a volcanic island in Malampa Province in the archipelago of Vanuatu. Volcanic activity on the island includes lava lakes in two craters near the summit. Etymology Ambrym (also known as ''Ambrin'', ''"ham rim"'' in the Ranon lang ...

Paama Paama (Paama language: VoumCrowley, Terry. (1982). ''The Paamese Language of Vanuatu. Pacific Linguistics, Series B – No. 87''. Canberra: ANU Printing Services.) is a small island in Malampa Province, Vanuatu. The island is about 8 km ...

** Lopevi (uninhabited) **

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Atchin Atchin is an islet off the north-eastern coast of Malakula in Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pac ...

** Vao *

Shefa Province Shefa is one of the six provinces of Vanuatu, located in the center of the country and including the islands of Epi and Efate and the Shepherd Islands. The province's name is derived from the initial letters of SHepherd and EFAte. It has a popula ...

** Epi *** Lamen ***

Namuka Namuka is an uninhabited islet in Shefa Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. The island is a part of Shepherd Islands archipelago. Geography Namuka lies off the southern shore of Epi Island Epi (or Épi, Api; formerly known as Tasiko o ...

(uninhabited) *** Tefala ** Shepherd Islands ***

Laika Laika (russian: link=no, Лайка; – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth. A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacec ...

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Tongoa Tongoa Island is an inhabited island in Shefa Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Geography Tongoa is the largest island of Shepherd Islands archipelago. The island is heavily vegetated and shows geothermal activity. Tongoa is of recent v ...

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Tongariki Tongariki Island is an inhabited island in Shefa Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. The island is a part of Shepherd Islands archipelago. Geography Tongariki is a small island of volcanic origin located in the eastern Shepherd Islands, hav ...

*** Buninga *** Emae (Mai) *** Makura (Emwae) *** Mataso (Matah) ***

Ewose Ewose is a small uninhabited island in the Shefa Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Geography The island of Ewose lies off the south-west coast of Tongoa Island and is a part of Shepherd Islands The Shepherd Islands (coordinates ) are a ...

(uninhabited) *** Falea ***

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(Étarik) **

Efate Efate (french: Éfaté) is an island in the Pacific Ocean which is part of the Shefa Province in Vanuatu. It is also known as Île Vate. Geography It is the most populous (approx. 66,000) island in Vanuatu. Efate's land area of makes it Vanu ...

*** Nguna ***

Emao Emao is a small inhabited island in Shefa Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. It was also previously known as Montague Island. Geography Emao is located in the southeastern part of the country, some 30 km north-east of Port-Vila ...

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Moso Moso or MoSo can refer to: * MoSo, a music and technology festival in Saskatoon, Canada * Moso (island), an island in Vanuatu * Missouri Southern State University, sometimes nicknamed "MoSo" * ''Phyllostachys edulis'', a species of bamboo also call ...

(Verao) *** Lelepa Island ***

Ekapum Lep Ekapum Lep is a small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean, a part of the Shefa Province of Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island ...

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Erakor Erakor is a small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean, belonging to the Shefa Province of Vanuatu. Geography The island lies 5 km south of Port-Vila and is very flat. The highest point on the island is some 18 meters above sea level. Re ...

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Eratap Eratap (also Waratap Island, Îlot Ératap, Castaway Island) is a small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean, a part of the Shefa Province of Vanuatu. Geography The island lies 7 km south of Port-Vila and has an upscale resort. The estima ...

(Castaway Island) *** Mele (Hideaway Island) *** Ifira *** Iririki *** Iriwiti Lep ***

Kakula Kulintang ( id, kolintang, ms, kulintangan) is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music composed on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of ...

(uninhabited) *** Pele *

Tafea Province Tafea is the southernmost of the six provinces of Vanuatu. The name is an acronym for the five main islands that make up the province: Tanna, Aneityum, Futuna, Erromango and Aniwa. History Unlike the other provinces of Vanuatu, the territo ...

** Tanna ** Aniwa ** Futuna ** Erromango ***

Goat Island Goat Island (or Goat Islands) may refer to: Arts * Goat Island (performance group), a Chicago-based company * ''Goat Island'' (play), ''Delitto all'isola delle capre'', by Ugo Betti Places Australia * Goat Island (Port Jackson) in Sydney Harbou ...

(uninhabited) *** Vete Manung (uninhabited) **

Anatom Aneityum (also known as Anatom or Keamu) is the southernmost island of Vanuatu, in the province of Tafea. Geography Aneityum is the southernmost island of Vanuatu (not counting the Matthew and Hunter Islands, which are disputed with New Caledo ...

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Inyeug Inyeug Island is a small uninhabited island in Tafea Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. "Inyeug" means "Small Island" in a local language. Inyueg is also called Mystery Island by the cruise ships that regularly visit the island. The islan ...

(Airport of Anatom) **

Matthew Island Hunter Island and Matthew Island are two small and uninhabited high islands in the South Pacific, located east of New Caledonia and south-east of Vanuatu archipelago. Hunter Island and Matthew Island, apart, are claimed by Vanuatu as part of ...

(uninhabited, claimed by New Caledonia) ** Hunter Island (uninhabited, claimed by New Caledonia)

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