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Vanua Lava
Native name:
Vōnōlav, Vunulava, Vunulāv
Map of Vanua Lava
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates13°48′S 167°28′E / 13.800°S 167.467°E / -13.800; 167.467
ArchipelagoVanuatu, Banks Islands
Area314 km2 (121 sq mi)
Highest elevation921 m (3022 ft)
Highest pointMount Suretamate
Administration
Vanua Lava Vanuatu
ProvinceTorba Province
Largest settlementSola
Demographics
Population2,623 (2009)
Pop. density8.35/km2 (21.63/sq mi)

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.

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Vanua Lava

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Vanua

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of My Land". Hence also the name of Vanuatu itself, and the place name Vanua Lava (literally ‘big island’ in Mota language). Lo-Toga In the Lo-Toga language...

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Banks Islands

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group lies about 40 km (25 mi) north of Maewo, and includes Gaua and Vanua Lava, two of the 13 largest islands in Vanuatu. In 2009, the islands had a...

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Vanua Lava Airport

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Vanua Lava Airport (IATA: SLH, ICAO: NVSC), also known as Sola Airport, is an airport near Sola on the island of Vanua Lava, one of the Banks Islands...

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Lemerig language

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Lemerig is an Oceanic language spoken on Vanua Lava, in Vanuatu. Lemerig is no longer actively spoken. The 2 remaining speakers live on the northern coast...

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Vanuatu

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Efate, Erromango, Ambrym, Tanna, Pentecost, Epi, Ambae or Aoba, Gaua, Vanua Lava, Maewo, Malo and Aneityum or Anatom. The nation's largest towns are the...

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Mwesen language

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name Mosina) is an Oceanic language spoken in the southeastern area of Vanua Lava Island, in the Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu, by about 10 speakers...

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Mota Lava

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Mota Lava is the fourth largest island in the Banks Islands, after Gaua, Vanua Lava and Ureparapara. It is the highest (411 m or 1,348 ft) of the eastern...

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Torba Province

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area of 882 square kilometres (341 square miles). Its capital is Sola on Vanua Lava. These are the main islands of Torba Province, excluding smaller and uninhabited...

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Mwotlap language

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Banks Islands, with smaller communities in the islands of Ra (or Aya) and Vanua Lava, as well as migrant groups in the two main cities of the country, Santo...

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Melanesian mythology

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Qong ("Night"), and bought night from him. Qat returned to his island of Vanua Lava with the night, a rooster, and a stone of obsidian. He then told his brothers...

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Air Vanuatu

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(White Grass Airport) Torba Gaua (Gaua Airport) Mota Lava (Mota Lava Airport) Sola, Vanua Lava (Vanua Lava Airport) Torres Islands (Torres Airport) As of September...

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SLH

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Florida, US Lemniscate elliptic functions § Hyperbolic lemniscate functions Vanua Lava Airport, Vanuatu, IATA code This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

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Languages of Vanuatu

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Banks Islands (Vanua Lava) 9 Vera'a Vatrata 500 vra Banks Islands (Vanua Lava) 10 Vurës Vureas, Mosina 2000 msn Banks Islands (Vanua Lava) 11 Mwesen Mosina...

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List of volcanoes in Vanuatu

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List of islands of Vanuatu

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(uninhabited) Lemeur Vanua Lava Kwakea Leneu Nawila Ravenga Gaua (Santa Maria Island) Mota Mota Lava (Saddle) Ra Island Merig Mere Lava Sanma Province Espiritu...

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Vanikoro

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Solomon Islands (and the second easternmost population overall, behind only Vanua Lava in Vanuatu, which may no longer have a breeding population). Source: Maps...

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Port Patteson

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Port Patteson is a harbour and settlement on the island of Vanua Lava in Vanuatu. It was named after John Patteson, the first Bishop of Melanesia. The...

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Candoia bibroni

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Santa Ana, Santa Cruz, Bellona, Vanikoro and Utupua), the Banks Islands (Vanua Lava Island), Vanuatu, all three of the Loyalty Islands, the Fiji Islands (Rotuma...

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List of islands in Oceania by area

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Hiva Oa 316 122  French Polynesia, overseas collectivity of  France 91 Vanua Lava 314 121  Vanuatu (Torba Province) 92 Kiriwina 290.5 112.2  Papua New Guinea...

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Candoia

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Three Sisters, Ugi Island and the Vanikolo Islands), the Banks Islands (Vanua Lava Island), the New Hebrides, all three of the Loyalty Islands, the Fiji...

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Narave pig

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received reports that such pigs were present on the islands of Gaua, Vanua Lava, Mota, Ambae, Ambrym (not in large numbers), and Tongoa. He reports that...

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Cheboygan County Airport

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and no designation from the IATA (which assigned SLH to Sola Airport on Vanua Lava, one of the Banks Islands, in Torba Province, Vanuatu). Cheboygan County...

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Veitchia metiti

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Arecaceae. It is found only in Vanuatu, where it is native to the islands of Vanua Lava and Ureparapara. Dowe, J.L. (1998). "Veitchia metiti". IUCN Red List of...

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