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Mele

Mele is a Polynesian outlier and islet in . The island is owned by the local Mele villagers, but is leased to the owners of Hideaway Island Resort.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Vanuatu
  • Also known as: “Hideaway Island”, “Îlot Mélé”, “Mele Island”, “Mélé Island”, and “Meli Island”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Vila and Pango.

Photo: eGuide Travel, CC BY 2.0.
is the capital of . Vanuatu's largest town, with some 50,000 people, it lies on the south coast of the island of in the province of , right in the middle of the archipelago.

Village
is a community located on the southern coast of , . It is considered peri-urban and is located seven kilometers away from , the capital of Vanuatu. The name was given by early Samoan missionaries who arrived in the 1840s. is situated 9 km south of Mele.

Mele

Latitude
-17.69686° or 17° 41′ 49″ south
Longitude
168.26331° or 168° 15′ 48″ east
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
5VJC8737+78
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22573456
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2135946
Wiki­data ID
Q3305011
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Urdu—“Mele” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Mele”
  • Cebuano: “Hideaway Island”
  • Chinese: “梅莱岛”
  • French: “Ifira-Mele”
  • French: “Mele”
  • Latin: “Mele (Vanuatu)”
  • Latin: “Mele”
  • Polish: “Mele (Vanuatu)”
  • Polish: “Mele”
  • Urdu: “جزائر میلی”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Mele”. Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.