Rowa Islands
| Rowa Islands | ||
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| Waters | Coral sea | |
| archipelago | Banks Islands | |
| Geographical location | 13 ° 37 ′ S , 167 ° 31 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 5 | |
| Main island | Rowa | |
| length | 9 km | |
| width | 5.2 km | |
| Land area | 10 ha | |
| total area | 30 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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The Rowa Islands , also known as Reef Islands , are an atoll in the Banks Islands in the province of Torba , the northernmost province of Vanuatu , about eight kilometers northeast of the island of Vanua Lava .
The coral reef that includes the islands is around 30 km² including the lagoon . The land area of the five ( Motu ) (atoll islands) is only around ten hectares . The islets, all of which are in the northeast of the atoll, barely rise more than two meters above sea level . The five islands are:
- Apply
- Enwut / Enwot
- Wotansa
- Rowa
- Lavap
Other sources give island names such as Anouit , Moïe , Lomeur , Sanna and Wosou .
The islands have a total area of 10 hectares . Enwut is the largest island. Only the main island was inhabited earlier. In 1944, 20 residents were counted. After a severe cyclone , they relocated to the island of Uréparapara , 18 km northwest , where they already had land use rights .