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| Geography | |
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| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 13°47′S167°33′E / 13.783°S 167.550°E |
| Archipelago | Vanuatu |
| Administration | |
| Province | Torba Province |
| Largest settlement | Sola |
Ravenga is a small island in Torba Province, Vanuatu, in the Pacific Ocean. [1] [2] [3] The island is also known as Ranenger. [4]
Ravenga lies 1.2 km off the eastern coast of Vanua Lava. The island has a diameter of about 800 meters, and is surrounded by white sandy beaches. On the northern, eastern, and southern sides of Ravenga, the reef extends offshore about 250 m, and then drops off into deep water. [5]
The name Ravenga comes from the Mota language, which was used as the primary language of the Melanesian Mission. It is pronounced in Mota as [raβeŋa] . In Mwotlap, it is referred to as Ayven̄ [ajˈβɛŋ] (with the locative prefix a-). All of these terms come from a Proto-Torres-Banks form *raβeŋa.
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.
Vanua Lava is the second largest of the Banks Islands in Torba Province, Vanuatu, after slightly larger Gaua.
Tegua is an island in Vanuatu's Torres Islands chain, located in Torba Province.
Mota is an island in the Banks group of northern Vanuatu. Its population – today about 700 people – speak the Mota language, which Christian missionaries of the Anglican Church used as a lingua franca in parts of Melanesia.
Mota is an Oceanic language spoken by about 750 people on Mota island, in the Banks Islands of Vanuatu. It is the most conservative Torres–Banks language, and the only one to keep its inherited five-vowel system intact while also preserving most final vowels.
Metoma is a small volcanic island in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean.
Rah or Ra is a small coral islet of 0.5 km2 (0.19 sq mi), located in the Banks group of northern Vanuatu. The same name also refers to the single village which is situated within this islet.
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.
Rowa Islands are an uninhabited archipelago in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. The Rowa are a part of larger Banks Islands archipelago. The islands are a natural border between Melanesia and Polynesia; they are one of the most beautiful places in the South Pacific Ocean and an integral part of a vast system of atolls and reefs.
Malokilikili Island is an inhabited island in Sanma Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Malokilikili lies off the eastern coast of Malo Island.
Sowan is a small, uninhabited island in the Malampa Province of Vanuatu.
Leneu is a small uninhabited island in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Leneu lies close to Sola on Vanua Lava and is a part of Banks Islands archipelago.
Lataroa is an uninhabited island in Sanma Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean.
Malotina is a small uninhabited island in Sanma Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean.
Malvapevu is a small uninhabited island in Sanma Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean.
Malparavu is a small uninhabited island in Sanma Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean.
Maltinerava is a small uninhabited island in Sanma Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean.
Vulaï is a small inhabited island in Malampa Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. It is a part of the Maskelyne Islands archipelago. The island is also known as Harper Island.
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