Vanikoro

Vanikoro is an island in the , located 118 kilometres to the Southeast of the main Santa Cruz group. It is part of the of .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: Île de la Recherche”, “La Pérouse”, “New Alderney”, “Ourry Island”, “Vanikolo”, and “Vanikoro Island

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Puma.

Village
is the only inhabited village of the island of Teanu, in the Vanikoro group located in the . The language spoken there has been sometimes referred to as , and is now known as Teanu. is situated 10 km northeast of Vanikoro.

Vanikoro

Latitude
-11.65935° or 11° 39′ 34″ south
Longitude
166.89418° or 166° 53′ 39″ east
Population
1,290
Elevation
400 metres (1,312 feet)
Open location code
5VW88VRV+7M
Geo­Names ID
2178446
Wiki­data ID
Q1536424
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Vanikoro” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Vanikoro adası
  • Basque: Vanikoro
  • Belarusian: Ванікора
  • Breton: Vanikoro
  • Catalan: Vanikoro
  • Cebuano: Vanikoro
  • Chinese: 瓦尼科罗岛
  • Chinese: 瓦尼科羅島
  • Dutch: Vanikolo
  • Dutch: Vanikoro
  • Esperanto: Vanikoro
  • French: Îles Nitendi
  • French: Vanikoro
  • Galician: Vanikoro
  • German: Vanikoro
  • Greek: Βανικόρο
  • Hebrew: ואניקולו
  • Hebrew: ואניקורו
  • Hebrew: וניקולו
  • Hebrew: וניקורו
  • Hungarian: Vanikoro
  • Italian: Isole Vanikolo
  • Italian: Isole Vanikoro
  • Italian: Vanikolo
  • Italian: Vanikoro
  • Japanese: ヴァニコロ
  • Japanese: ヴァニコロ島
  • Japanese: バニコロ島
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vanikoro
  • Occitan (post 1500): Vanikoro
  • Polish: Vanikoro
  • Portuguese: Vanikoro
  • Russian: Ваникоро
  • Spanish: Vanikolo
  • Spanish: Vanikoro
  • Swedish: Vanikoro
  • Ukrainian: Ванікоро

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