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    Vanikoro

    Part of Santa Cruz Islands

    Vanikoro (sometimes wrongly named Vanikolo) is an island in the Santa Cruz group, located 118 kilometres (73 miles) to the Southeast of the main Santa Cruz group. It is part of the Temotu Province of Solomon Islands.

    Objets en provenance des recherches archéologiques à Vanikoro, Musée Lapérouse, Albi. Association Salomon.
    Objets en provenance des recherches archéologiques à Vanikoro, Musée Lapérouse, Albi. Association Salomon.

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    Vanikoro (sometimes wrongly named Vanikolo) is an island in the Santa Cruz group, located 118 kilometres (73 miles) to the Southeast of the main Santa Cruz group. It is part of the Temotu Province of Solomon Islands. The name Vanikoro is always used as though it referred to a single island, due to both its geophysical and cultural unity. However, technically it is a group of several nearby islands surrounded by a single belt of coral reef. Only the two major islands are inhabited: the bigger one Banie, and the smaller one Teanu (or Tevai). Other, uninhabited islets in the Vanikoro group include Manieve, Nomianu and Nanunga. The total area of the Vanikoro group is 173 square kilometres (66.8 square miles).

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands1
    • Minor islands0
    • Islets0
    • Rocks & skerries0

    Major islands

    1

    • Banie

      Area
      177 km²
      High point
      923 m

      Banie (Teanu pronunciation: [ᵐbanie]) is the main island of the Vanikoro group, in the Temotu province of Solomon Islands. The only other inhabited island of the group is the smaller island of Teanu or Tevai.

    Also in the area

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    Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.

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    Comparative heights

    Sea level500 m1,000 m923 mBanie505 mTeanu24 mNaunonga
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.010.11101001,000Banie: 177 km²BanieTeanu: 19.7 km²TeanuNaunonga: 0.06 km²Naunonga
    km², log scale
    Banie177 km²
    Teanu19.7 km²
    Naunonga0.06 km²

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    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Talus
    • Wikipedia

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