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Ambae

Ambae, also known as Aoba, Omba, Oba, or Opa and formerly Lepers’ Island, is an island in the island nation of , approximately 310 kilometres north-northwest of Vanuatu's capital city, .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu
  • Also known as: “Ambae Island”, “Aoba Island”, “Ile des Lepreux”, “Leper’s Island”, “Lepers Island”, “Oba”, “Omba”, and “Opa”
  • Historically known as: “Isle of Lepers”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Manaro Voui.

Volcano
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
, or Manaro Vui, is a shield volcano whose emergent portion is known as the island of Ambae in . The summit is 1,496 metres above sea level and about 3,900 m above the sea floor.

Ambae

Latitude
-15.37525° or 15° 22′ 31″ south
Longitude
167.83279° or 167° 49′ 58″ east
Population
10,400
Elevation
1,496 metres (4,908 feet)
Open location code
5VP9JRFM+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22572568
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2137516
Wiki­data ID
Q456599
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Satellite Map

Discover Ambae from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Mari—“Ambae” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ambae”
  • Bislama: “Ambae Aelan”
  • Bislama: “Ambae Island”
  • Bulgarian: “Амбае”
  • Catalan: “Ambae”
  • Catalan: “illa Aoba”
  • Cebuano: “Aoba (pulo sa Vanuatu)”
  • Cebuano: “Aoba”
  • Chinese: “奧巴島”
  • Dutch: “Ambae Aelan”
  • Dutch: “Ambae”
  • Dutch: “Aoba Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اوبا ايسلاند”
  • Esperanto: “Ambae”
  • Esperanto: “Aoba”
  • Estonian: “Aoba saar”
  • Estonian: “Aoba”
  • Finnish: “Aoba”
  • French: “Ambae ile Vanuatu”
  • French: “Ambae”
  • French: “Aoba”
  • Galician: “Ambae”
  • Georgian: “ობა”
  • German: “Ambae”
  • Greek: “Άμπαε”
  • Greek: “Νησί των λεπρών”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Αόμπα”
  • Greek: “Όμπα”
  • Greek: “Όπα”
  • Italian: “Ambae”
  • Japanese: “アオバ島”
  • Japanese: “アンバエ島”
  • Korean: “아오바섬”
  • Ladin: “Aoba Island”
  • Macedonian: “Амбае”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aoba”
  • Norwegian: “Aoba”
  • Polish: “Aoba (wyspa)”
  • Polish: “Aoba”
  • Portuguese: “Ambae”
  • Portuguese: “Aoba”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Aoba”
  • Russian: “Амба (остров)”
  • Russian: “Амбаэ”
  • Russian: “Аоба”
  • Russian: “Оба (остров)”
  • Spanish: “Ambae”
  • Ukrainian: “Аоба (острів)”
  • Ukrainian: “Аоба”
  • Ukrainian: “Оба”
  • Venetian: “Ambae”
  • Western Mari: “Оба (ошмаоты)”
  • Western Mari: “Оба”

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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 “Ambae”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.