Mota Lava Island
Mota Lava or Motalava is an island of the Banks group, in the north of Vanuatu. It forms a single coral system with the small island of Ra. The 2009 census figures give a population of 1,640 inhabitants, which amounts to a population density of 67 people per km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: fourth largest island in the Banks Islands of Vanuatu
- Also known as: “Ile Valoua”, “Mota Lava”, “Saddle Island”, and “Valuwa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aplow.
Aplow
Village
Aplow, Valuwa, or Valuga, is a village located on the eastern part of Mota Lava, in the Banks Islands of Vanuatu. Located close to it is the island's airport, Valua Airport. Aplow is situated 4½ km east of Mota Lava Island.
Mota Lava Island
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Satellite Map
Discover Mota Lava Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Mari—“Mota Lava Island” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մոտա Լավա”
- Bulgarian: “Мота Лава”
- Catalan: “Mota Lava”
- Cebuano: “Mota Lava Island”
- Chinese: “莫塔拉瓦岛”
- Chinese: “莫塔拉瓦島”
- Dutch: “Mota Lava”
- Egyptian Arabic: “موتا لايڤا”
- Esperanto: “Mota Lava”
- French: “Ile de la Selle”
- French: “Île Motlav”
- French: “Île Valua”
- French: “Mota Lava”
- French: “Motalava”
- Galician: “Mota Lava”
- German: “Mota Lava”
- German: “Motalava”
- German: “Motlav”
- Greek: “Μότα Λάβα”
- Hausa: “Mota laba”
- Igbo: “Mota Lava”
- Italian: “Mota Lava”
- Japanese: “モタ・ラバ”
- Japanese: “モタラヴァ”
- Macedonian: “Мота Лава”
- Persian: “موتا لاوا”
- Polish: “Mota Lava”
- Polish: “Motalava”
- Portuguese: “Mota Lava”
- Russian: “Мота-Лава”
- Spanish: “Mota Lava”
- Swahili: “Mota Lava”
- Swedish: “Mota Lava”
- Ukrainian: “Мота-Лава”
- Western Mari: “Мота-Лава”
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