Efate
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | New Hebrides | |
| Geographical location | 17 ° 41 ′ S , 168 ° 22 ′ E | |
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| surface | 900 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Mount McDonald 647 m |
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| Residents | 50,000 56 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Port Vila | |
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Efate ( French Efate , including: Île Vate , formerly: Sandwich Iceland ) is to the New Hebrides scoring island province Shefa of the Pacific island state of Vanuatu . Efate received its former name " Sandwich Island" from the British explorer James Cook .
With around 50,000 inhabitants, Éfaté is the most populous and with almost 900 km² the third largest island in Vanuatu. The highest point, Mount McDonald, is 647 m. Most of Éfaté's residents now live in Port Vila , the capital of Vanuatu.
Prehistoric traces can be found in the Lapita cemetery Teouma .
During the Second World War , the island served as the United States military base .
In the northwest of the island is Chief Roi Mata's Domain , which was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2008 . The Lololima is one of the rivers .
Picture gallery
Eton Beach
(southeast coast)
Erakor Beach
(southeast of Mele Bay)
Klem's Hill
( Butte Klem )
