Malo (Vanuatu)
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| Waters | Coral sea |
| Archipelago | New Hebrides |
| Geographical location | 15 ° 41 ′ S , 167 ° 10 ′ E |
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| length | 19.4 km |
| width | 13.5 km |
| surface | 180 km² |
| Highest elevation | Malo Peak 326 m |
| Residents | 4365 (November 16, 2016) 24 inhabitants / km² |
| main place | Avunatari |
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Malo is around 180 square kilometers, to the New Hebrides scoring island in the Coral Sea , a marginal sea of the South Pacific, which the island nation of Vanuatu belongs. It is located about 5 km southeast of the largest Vanuatu island Espiritu Santo . Together with Malo and a few islets off the east coast of Espiritu Santo, the islands form the Vanuatu province of Sanma .
Like most of the islands in Vanuatu, Malo is of volcanic origin. The highest point, Malo Peak, is about 326 meters above sea level . There are several copra and cocoa plantations on the island .
At the 2009 census there were 4,279 people on Malo, mostly on the south and west coasts. In 1999 there were around 3000, 600 of them in the main town of Avunatari (Abnetare) on the northwest coast. Due to an archaeological find (stone vessel), which was estimated to be over 4000 years old, the island is considered to be one of the earliest inhabited islands in today's Vanuatu.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vanuatu: Census 2009 ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.0 MB)
- ↑ Denis O'Byrne, David Harcombe: Vanuatu. Lonely Planet, 1999, page 236
