Torres Airport | |
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Summary | |
Airport type | Public |
Serves | Torres Islands, Torba, Vanuatu |
Location | Linua |
Coordinates | 13°19′39″S166°38′18″E / 13.32750°S 166.63833°E |
Map | |
Torres Airport( IATA : TOH, ICAO : NVSD) is an airfield serving the Torres Islands in the Torba province in Vanuatu. [3] It is located on Linua island, just north of Lo (or Loh) island. [1]
Torba is the northernmost and least populous province of Vanuatu. It consists of the Banks Islands and the Torres Islands.
The Torres Islands are an island chain in the Torba Province of the country of Vanuatu, the country’s northernmost island group. The chain of islands that make up this micro-archipelago straddles the broader cultural boundary between Island Melanesia and several Polynesian outliers located in the neighbouring Solomon Islands. To the island chain’s north is Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, to its south is Espiritu Santo, and to its southeast are the Banks Islands. To the west, beneath the ocean surface, is the deep Torres Trench, which is the subduction zone between the Australian Plate and Pacific Plate.
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.
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Hiw is the northernmost island in Vanuatu, located in Torba Province.
Metoma is a small volcanic island in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean.
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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.
Lo is an island in the Torres group of islands, in northern Vanuatu. The island is located 2.25 miles from the Toga Island. As of 2009, the population of the island was 210. They speak the Lo dialect of the Lo-Toga language.
Sola is the capital village of Torba Province in Vanuatu. It is on the island of Vanua Lava.
The Diocese of Banks and Torres is one of the nine current dioceses of the Anglican Church of Melanesia.
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.
Ravenga is a small island in Torba Province, Vanuatu, in the Pacific Ocean. The island is also known as Ranenger.
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.
Ngwel is an uninhabited island in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. The island is a part of the Torres Islands archipelago.