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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ngwel.
Ngwel
Islet
Ngwel is an uninhabited island in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. The island is a part of the Torres Islands archipelago. Ngwel is situated 3½ km west of Torres Islands.
Torres Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: Archipelago in the north of Vanuatu
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Torba, Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Torres Islands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Achinese to Western Mari—“Torres Islands” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Pulo-pulo Arôngan Torres”
- Achinese: “Pulo-pulo Seulat Torres”
- Bulgarian: “Острови Торес”
- Cebuano: “Torres Islands”
- Chinese: “托雷斯群岛”
- Chinese: “托雷斯群島”
- Czech: “Torresovy ostrovy”
- Dutch: “Torreseilanden”
- Esperanto: “Tores-insuloj”
- Esperanto: “Torres-insularo”
- French: “Iles Torrés”
- French: “îles Torres”
- French: “Îles Torrés”
- French: “Îles Torrès”
- French: “Iles Vava”
- Galician: “Illas Torres”
- Georgian: “ტორესის კუნძულები”
- German: “Torres-Inseln”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Torres”
- Italian: “Isole Torres”
- Japanese: “トーレス諸島”
- Japanese: “トレス島”
- Japanese: “トレス諸島”
- Korean: “토러스 제도”
- Korean: “토레스 제도”
- Lithuanian: “Toreso salos”
- Macedonian: “Торески Острови”
- Macedonian: “Торесови Острови”
- Persian: “جزایر تورس”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Torres”
- Russian: “острова Торрес”
- Russian: “Острова Торрес”
- Russian: “Торрес”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ababa”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Torresovi otoci”
- Slovak: “Torresove ostrovy”
- Slovenian: “Torresovi otoki”
- Spanish: “Islas Torres”
- Swedish: “Torres Islands”
- Ukrainian: “Острови Торрес”
- Western Mari: “Торрес ошмаотывлӓ”
- “Torres Islands”
Localities in the Area
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