Teanu (or ''Tevai'') is the second island in size 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 Temotu (or Te Motu, literally "the island" in Polynesian) is the easternmost province of Solomon Islands. The province was formerly known as Santa Cruz Islands Province. It consists, essentially, of two chains of islands which run parallel to ...

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 ...

. It is located northeast of the main island of the group,

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Population

Teanu has currently only one inhabited village, Puma. Teanu has given its name to Teanu, the main language of Vanikoro. The latter is sometimes known also as ''Puma''.

In popular culture

The latitude and longitude coordinates of the virtual cycling world of Watopia on the

Zwift Zwift is a massively multiplayer online cycling and running physical training program that enables users to interact, train, and compete in a virtual world. Zwift was developed by Zwift Inc., which was co-founded by Jon Mayfield, Eric Min, Scot ...

cycling platform coincide with this island, and websites such as

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therefore show Zwift rides overlain on a map of Teanu even though Teanu has no roads and rides seem to frequently cross between water and land.

References

External links

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