Efate

Efate, originally named Sandwich Island and also known as Île Vate or just Vate, is an in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the in , and the capital city, , is located on the island.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: Vanuatu island
  • Also known as: Efate Island”, “Fate”, “Ile Vate”, “Ile Vaté”, and “Île Vate
  • Historically known as: Sandwich Island

Efate

Latitude
-17.679° or 17° 40′ 44″ south
Longitude
168.3942° or 168° 23′ 39″ east
Population
50,000
Elevation
169 metres (554 feet)
Open location code
5VJC89CV+CM
Geo­Names ID
2137141
Wiki­data ID
Q266594
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Efate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إيفات
  • Asturian: Efate
  • Asturian: Éfaté
  • Basque: Efate
  • Belarusian: Востраў Эфатэ
  • Belarusian: Эфатэ
  • Bislama: Efate
  • Bulgarian: Ефате
  • Catalan: Efate
  • Catalan: Éfaté
  • Cebuano: Éfaté Island
  • Chinese: 埃法特岛
  • Croatian: Efate
  • Czech: Efate
  • Dutch: Efate
  • Egyptian Arabic: افات
  • Esperanto: Efate
  • Estonian: Efate
  • Finnish: Efate
  • French: Éfaté
  • Galician: Efaté
  • Georgian: ეფატე
  • German: Efate
  • German: Éfaté
  • Greek: Εφάτε
  • Hindi: एफ़ाते
  • Indonesian: Efate
  • Italian: Éfaté
  • Japanese: エファテ島
  • Korean: 에파테섬
  • Lithuanian: Efatė
  • Macedonian: Ефате
  • Marathi: एफाटे
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Efate
  • Persian: آتشفشان افات
  • Polish: Efate
  • Polish: Éfaté
  • Portuguese: Éfaté
  • Russian: Эфате
  • Serbo-Croatian: Efate
  • Silesian: Efate
  • Slovenian: Efate
  • Slovenian: Île Vate
  • Spanish: Efate
  • Spanish: Éfaté
  • Swahili: Efate
  • Swedish: Éfaté
  • Ukrainian: Ефате
  • Vietnamese: Efate
  • Western Mari: Эфате

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