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    Mota Lava

    13°40′S 167°40′E

    Mota Lava or Motalava is an island of the Banks group, in the north of Vanuatu. It forms a single coral system with the small island of Ra.

    Mota Lava

    Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. / Public domain

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    13°40′S 167°40′E

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    Mota Lava or Motalava is an island of the Banks group, in the north of Vanuatu. It forms a single coral system with the small island of Ra. The 2009 census figures give a population of 1,640 inhabitants (Mota Lava + Ra), which amounts to a population density of 67 people per km2.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Banks Islands

    • Vanua Lava

      332 km²▲ 958 m

      Major islands

    • Gaua

      308 km²▲ 797 m

      Major islands

    • Ureparapara

      39 km²▲ 684 m

      Minor islands

    • Merelava

      17.6 km²▲ 1,009 m

      Minor islands

    • Mota

      10.1 km²▲ 411 m

      Minor islands

    • Qaké

      1.2 km²▲ 23 m

      Minor islands

    • Ra

      0.55 km²▲ 49 m

      Minor islands

    • Merig

      0.45 km²▲ 119 m

      Minor islands

    Also in New Hebrides

    Also in Vanuatu

    Also in Melanesia

    Also in Solomon Islands

    Sources

    Facts

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

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