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.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Island
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Great Banks Island”, “Île Vanoua Lava”, “Vanua Lava Island”, and “バヌア・ラバ”
Vanua Lava
- Categories: volcanic island and landform
- Location: Torba, Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-13.83333° or 13° 50′ south
Longitude
167.46667° or 167° 28′ east
Population
2,600
Elevation
549 metres (1,801 feet)
Open location code
5VR95F88+MM
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Vanua Lava” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فانوا لافا”
- Asturian: “Vanua Lava”
- Bulgarian: “Вануа Лава”
- Catalan: “Vanua Lava”
- Cebuano: “Vanua Lava”
- Chinese: “瓦努阿拉瓦岛”
- Chinese: “瓦努阿拉瓦島”
- Czech: “Vanua Lava”
- Dutch: “Vanua Lava”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فانوا لافا”
- Esperanto: “Vanua Lava”
- Finnish: “Vanua Lava”
- French: “Ile Vanua-Lava”
- French: “IleVanua Lava”
- French: “Vanua Lava”
- Galician: “Vanua Lava”
- Georgian: “ვანუა-ლავა”
- German: “Vanua Lava”
- Italian: “Vanua Lava”
- Japanese: “バヌア・ラバ島”
- Macedonian: “Вануа Лава”
- Persian: “وانوا لاوا”
- Polish: “Vanua Lava”
- Portuguese: “Vanua Lava”
- Russian: “Вануа-Лава”
- Spanish: “Vanua Lava”
- Swahili: “Vanua Lava”
- Ukrainian: “Вануа-Лава”
- Western Mari: “Вануа-Лава”
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