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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 13°12′18.72″S166°36′2.88″E / 13.2052000°S 166.6008000°E |
| Archipelago | Vanuatu |
| Area | 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
| Province | Torba Province, Torres Islands |
| Largest settlement | Sola |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 13 (2009) |
Metoma is a small volcanic island in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. [1] [2]
Metoma is a part of the Torres Islands archipelago. It lies 500 km from Port Vila. The island is located between the neighboring islands of Tegua and Hiu. The summit elevation is 115 m. Metoma is populated by robber crabs (Birgus latro), the world's largest terrestrial invertebrates. [3] The island is 2.4 km long and 1.4 km wide, and lies 600 m north of Tegua Island. [4]
Metoma had 13 inhabitants in 2009.[ citation needed ] The village in the south of the island is called Rival.
The island is locally called Mētome [metɔmə] in Lo-Toga. The official name Metoma [metoma] is spelled according to the Mota language, which missionaries chose as a reference in the area; the latter form is conservative of the ancient form *metoma which can be reconstructed in the ancestral language of the Torres and Banks Islands.
The Banks Islands are a group of islands in northern Vanuatu. Together with the Torres Islands to their northwest, they make up the northernmost province of Torba. The island group lies about 40 km (25 mi) north of Maewo, and includes Gaua and Vanua Lava, two of the 13 largest islands in Vanuatu. In 2009, the islands had a population of 8,533. The island group's combined land area is 780 km2.
Gaua is the largest and second most populous of the Banks Islands in Torba Province in northern Vanuatu. It covers 342 km².
Tegua is an island in Vanuatu's Torres Islands chain, located in Torba Province.
Merelava is an island in the Banks Islands of the Torba Province of northern Vanuatu.
Lo-Toga is an Oceanic language spoken by about 580 people on the islands of Lo and Toga, in the Torres group of northern Vanuatu. The language has sometimes been called Loh(sic) or Toga, after either of its two dialects.
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Linua is an island in the Torres Islands archipelago in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Toga is an island in the Torres group, within the Torba Province of Vanuatu.
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Ngwel is an uninhabited island in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. The island is a part of the Torres Islands archipelago.
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Lataroa is an uninhabited island in Sanma Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean.
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Vete Manung, also Vetemanu, formerly Goat Island, Île Rocher, Île de la Chèvre or La Chèvre, is a small uninhabited island in Tafea Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Vete Manung Island is located 5.6 km northeast of Pointe Bodiroua on the north-east coast of Erromango Island.
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