Mere lava
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Banks Islands | |
| Geographical location | 14 ° 27 '35 " S , 168 ° 2' 31" E | |
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| length | 4.5 km | |
| surface | 18 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Mount Teu (Star Peak) 883 m |
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| Residents | 647 (2009) 36 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Tasmate | |
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Mere Lava , also Merelava , more rarely Star Peak Island , is the southernmost and at the same time easternmost island of the Banks Islands in the north of the Pacific island state of Vanuatu . Administratively, the island, like all the Banks Islands, belongs to the province of Torba .
geography
Mere Lava is located 26 km southeast of Mérig and 47 km southeast of Gaua , the largest island in the archipelago. The almost round volcanic island has a diameter of almost 4.5 km and an area of 18 km². It is formed by a basaltic stratovolcano , which in Mount Teu , also called Star Peak , reaches a height of 883 m above sea level. Mere Lava has 650 inhabitants; The main town is Tasmate (Tasmat) on the west coast of the island. Other villages, starting clockwise from Tasmate, are Levatmise (north-west), Lekwel (north), Lewtnoek (north-east) and Aot (south-east, second largest town).
The population speaks Mwerlap , a Melanesian language from the group of Oceanic languages .
Web links
- Merelava the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- Map of Gaua, Mérig and Mere Lava
Individual evidence
- ↑ UNEP Islands Directory (English)
- ↑ Mount Teu at Peakbagger (accessed December 8, 2010)
- ↑ National Census of Population and Housing 2009 (PDF) (Accessed December 8, 2010)
- ↑ Linguistic Map of the Banks Islands (accessed December 8, 2010)