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Map of Vanuatu with its capital, Port Vila, located on its third largest island Rentapau, a wildflowers garden. Vanuatu is a Y-shaped archipelago consisting of about 83 relatively small, geologically newer islands of volcanic origin (65 of them inhabited), with about 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) between the most northern and southern islands.
663,251 km 2 (256,083 sq mi) Vanuatu (formerly called the New Hebrides) is a nation and group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It is composed of over 80 islands with 2,528 kilometres (1,571 mi) of coastline and a total surface area of 12,189 square kilometres (4,706 sq mi). It's a small country with a total size of 12,189 km 2 (4,706 sq mi).
Vanuatu – sovereign island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. [1] The Vanuatu Archipelago is some 1,750 kilometres (1,087 mi) east of northern Australia, 500 km (310 mi) north-east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and south of the Solomon Islands. The archipelago is of volcanic origin. Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people.
Espiritu Santo[ a] ( UK: / ɛˌspɪrɪtuː ˈsæntoʊ /, [ 1] US: /- ˈsɑːntuː, - ˈsɑːntoʊ /; [ 2][ 3][ 4] French: [ɛspiʁity sɑ̃to]) is the largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, with an area of 3,955.5 km 2 (1,527.2 sq mi) and a population of around 40,000 according to the 2009 census. [ 5]
The provinces are in turn divided into municipalities headed by a council and a mayor elected from among the members of the council. In the Tafea Province for example are the following municipalities (council areas): [1] North Erromango. South Erromango. North Tanna.
Pentecost Island. / 15.76056°S 168.18972°E / -15.76056; 168.18972. Pentecost Island is one of the 83 islands that make up the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu . It lies 190 kilometres (120 mi) due north of capital Port Vila. Pentecost Island is known as Pentecôte in French and Pentekos in Bislama.
Malo (formerly known as St. Bartholomew) is an island in Vanuatu 3 km (1.9 mi) off the southern coast of Vanuatu's largest island, Espiritu Santo, in Sanma Province. [ 1][ 2] It has a circumference of 55 km (34 mi) and an area of 180 km 2 (69 sq mi). It is 17 kilometres or 11 miles long, and 13 kilometres or 8.1 miles across at its widest point.
The Torres Islands. The Torres Islands are an island chain in the Torba Province of the country of Vanuatu, the country’s northernmost island group. The chain of islands that make up this micro-archipelago straddles the broader cultural boundary between Island Melanesia and several Polynesian outliers located in the neighbouring Solomon Islands.