Banks Islands
The Banks Islands are a group of islands in northern Vanuatu. Together with the Torres Islands to their northwest, they make up the northernmost province of Torba.- Type: Island
- Description: islands in Torba, Vanuatu
- Also known as: “Banks Group” and “Iles Banka”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sola.
Sola
Town
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Sola is the capital village of Torba Province in Vanuatu. It is on the island of Vanua Lava. Near the village of Sola is the volcano Mount Suretamate. The Selva and Alket rivers pass north of the village. Sola is situated 6 km southwest of Banks Islands.
Banks Islands
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Torba, Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Banks Islands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Mari—“Banks Islands” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Islles Banks”
- Belarusian: “Астравы Банкс”
- Belarusian: “Банкс”
- Bulgarian: “Банкс”
- Catalan: “Illes Banks”
- Cebuano: “Banks Islands”
- Chinese: “班克斯群島”
- Dutch: “Bankseilanden”
- Esperanto: “Banks-insularo”
- Estonian: “Banksi saared”
- Finnish: “Bankssaaret”
- French: “Iles Banks”
- French: “îles Banks”
- French: “Îles Banks”
- Galician: “Illas Banks”
- Georgian: “ბანქსის კუნძულები”
- German: “Banks-Inseln”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Banks”
- Italian: “Isole Banks”
- Japanese: “バンクス諸島”
- Kirghiz: “Банкс”
- Korean: “뱅크스 제도”
- Lithuanian: “Bankso salos”
- Macedonian: “Бенксови Острови”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Banks Islands”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Banksøyene”
- Norwegian: “Banksøyene”
- Polish: “Wyspy Banksa”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Banks”
- Russian: “Банкс”
- Russian: “Острова Банкс”
- Serbian: “Банксова острва”
- Slovak: “Banksove ostrovy”
- Slovenian: “Banksovi otoki”
- Spanish: “Islas Banks”
- Swahili: “Visiwa vya Banks”
- Swedish: “Banks Islands”
- Turkish: “Banks Adaları”
- Western Mari: “Банкс ошмаотывлӓ”
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