Makura

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Makura
View from the northwest to Makura
View from the northwest to Makura
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Shepherd Islands
Geographical location 17 ° 8 ′ 8 ″  S , 168 ° 26 ′ 17 ″  E Coordinates: 17 ° 8 ′ 8 ″  S , 168 ° 26 ′ 17 ″  E
Makura (Vanuatu)
Makura
length 2.1 km
width 1.1 km
surface 2.1 km²
Highest elevation 132  m
Residents 93 (2015)
44 inhabitants / km²
main place Malakof ( Malakoto )

Makura , also called Makoura or Emwae , is a small island in the south of the Shepherd Islands in the South Pacific island state of Vanuatu . It belongs to the central Vanuatu province of Shefa .

Makura lies between the islands of Émaé in the north and Mataso in the south.

According to the 2015 census, the island has 93 inhabitants.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2015 Vanuatu National Population and Households Projections by Province and Islands