Mota (Vanuatu)

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Mota
Satellite image of the island
Satellite image of the island
Waters Coral sea
Archipelago Banks Islands
Geographical location 13 ° 50 '40 "  S , 167 ° 41' 25"  O Coordinates: 13 ° 50 '40 "  S , 167 ° 41' 25"  O
Mota (Vanuatu) (Vanuatu)
Mota (Vanuatu)
length 5 km
width 4.5 km
surface 9.5 km²
Highest elevation Mount Tawe
411  m
Residents 683 (2009)
72 inhabitants / km²
main place Veverao
Map of the Banks Islands with Mota in the middle
Map of the Banks Islands with Mota in the middle

Mota , formerly Sugarloaf Island , is a volcanic island in the center 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

Mota is 18 km south of Mota Lava and 12 km east of Vanua Lava , the largest island in the archipelago . The slightly oval island has a length of 5 km and an area of ​​9.5 km². It is formed by an extinct, basaltic volcano , which in Mount Tawe reaches a height of 411 m above sea level. The island is surrounded by a fringing reef and its steep coast makes it difficult to land by boat.
Mota has 683 inhabitants; The main town is Veverao on the northwest coast of the island. The population speaks Mota , a Melanesian language from the Oceanic language group that is only spoken on this island.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b UNEP Islands Directory (English)
  2. ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: Sailing Directions (enroute), Pub. 126, Pacific Ocean (English; PDF; 5.1 MB) (accessed December 23, 2010)
  3. ↑ National Census of Population and Housing 2009 (English; PDF) (accessed December 23, 2010)
  4. ↑ Linguistic Map of the Banks Islands (accessed December 23, 2010)