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Vete Manung

Coordinates: 18°42′00″S 169°16′59.50″E / 18.70000°S 169.2831944°E / -18.70000; 169.2831944
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Goat Island
Native name:
Vete Manung
Goat Island on map sheet
Map
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates18°42′00″S 169°16′59.50″E / 18.70000°S 169.2831944°E / -18.70000; 169.2831944
ArchipelagoVanuatu
Area0.12 km2 (0.046 sq mi)
Highest elevation91 m (299 ft)
Administration
ProvinceTafea Province
Demographics
Population0 (2015)
Ethnic groupsNone

Vete Manung, also Vetemanu,[1] 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.[2][3][4][5] Vete Manung Island is located 5.6 km northeast of Pointe Bodiroua on the north-east coast of Erromango Island.[6]

Geography

Goat Island lies 150 km south of Port-Vila.

References

  1. ^ "- an Archaeology of Early Christianity in Vanuatu - ANU".
  2. ^ "Islands surveyed, distances traveled, and duration of raptor surveys conducted in Vanuatu, October- November 1996". The Journal of Raptor Research. 31–32. Raptor Research Foundation: 306. 1997. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. ^ "GAZ Term "Vete Manung" (GAZ:00255154)". archive.gramene.org. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Goat Island". Geoview. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Traveling Luck for Goat Island". Traveling Luck. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Vete Manung Island, Vanuatu - John Seach". www.travel.vu. Vanuatu Travel. Retrieved 11 June 2019.