Pentecost Island
Pentecost is one of the 83 islands that make up the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. It lies 190 kilometres due north of capital Port Vila. Pentecost is known as Pentecôte in French and Pentekos in Bislama.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Vanuatu
- Also known as: “Araga”, “Aragh”, “Aragh-Aragh”, “Pentecost”, “Raga”, “Ragha”, and “Whitsuntide”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melsisi and Baravet.
Melsisi
Village
Photo: Tabisini, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Melsisi is a large settlement and Catholic mission on the west coast of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. The mission includes a large church, convent, clinic, Francophone primary and secondary schools, and a small guesthouse. Melsisi is situated 6 km west of Pentecost Island.
Baravet
Village
Photo: Tabisini, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baravet or Bwaravet is a cluster of villages in south-western Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. The main village of Baravet is located by a river mouth on the coast, along the main north–south road 3 km north of Lonorore Airport. Baravet is situated 9 km south of Pentecost Island.
Pentecost Island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Pentecost Island” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Islla de Pentecostés”
- Basque: “Mendekoste (uhartea)”
- Basque: “Mendekoste”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Пяцідзясятніцы”
- Bislama: “Pentecost”
- Bislama: “Pentikos”
- Bulgarian: “Пентекост”
- Cebuano: “Pentecost Island”
- Chinese: “彭特科斯特岛”
- Danish: “Pentecost Island”
- Danish: “Pinseøen”
- Dutch: “Pentecost”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پينتيكوسانت ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پينتيكوسانت”
- Esperanto: “Pentecost”
- Esperanto: “Pentekostinsulo”
- Finnish: “Pentecost”
- French: “île de Pentecôte”
- French: “Île de Pentecôte”
- Galician: “Illa de Pentecoste”
- Georgian: “პენტეკოსტი”
- German: “Pentecost-Insel”
- Italian: “Isola di Pentecoste”
- Japanese: “ペンテコステ島”
- Japanese: “ペンテコスト島”
- Macedonian: “Пентекост”
- Polish: “Pentecost”
- Portuguese: “Pentecostes”
- Russian: “Остров Пентекост”
- Russian: “Пентекост”
- Slovenian: “Pentecost Island”
- Spanish: “Isla de Pentecostes”
- Spanish: “Isla de Pentecostés”
- Swedish: “Pentecost”
- Ukrainian: “Пентекост”
- Western Mari: “Пентекост”
- Wu Chinese: “彭特科斯特岛”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pentecost Island”. Photo: Tabisini, CC BY-SA 3.0.