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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,
Banie
Banie (formerly ) is a village in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Banie. It lies approximately south-east of Gryfino and south of the re ...
.
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
Strava
Strava is an American internet service for tracking physical exercise which incorporates social network features. It is mostly used for cycling and running using Global Positioning System data. Strava uses a freemium model with some features on ...
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
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