Tegua

Tegua
Tegua
Island
	Location of Tegua in Torres Islands
	Tegua Location in Vanuatu
	Coordinates: 13°14′47″S 166°37′33″E / 13.24639°S 166.62583°E
Country	Vanuatu
Province	Torba Province
Area
• Total	30.8 km2 (11.9 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	58
• Density	1.9/km2 (4.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+11 (VUT)

Tegua is an island in Vanuatu's Torres Islands chain, located in Torba Province.

Geography

The island spans 7 km by 6.5 km; on the eastern side of the island is Lateu Bay indented 1.8 km. Ngwel Island is located 600 meters off the west coast of Tegua Island.^[2]

Population

The only village is Lateu, with a population of 58.^[3] About 100 residents of Tegua were evacuated by the government because rising sea levels were flooding their island.

One geological study found that of four islands in the group, Tegua had the slowest inferred uplift rate at 0.7 mm/yr for southeastern Tegua. A "narrow E-W trending block has been down-dropped relative to the rest of the isle.

References

^ "Vanuatu". Haos Blong Volkeno. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ Seech, John. "Tegua Island, Vanuatu - John Seach". Vanuatu Travel. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
^ "2009 National Census of Population and Housing: Summary Release" (PDF). Vanuatu National Statistics Office. 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2010. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/south-pacific-islands-threatened-by-more-than-just-rising-sea-levels-a-838675.html

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[1] "Vanuatu". Haos Blong Volkeno. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[2] Seech, John. "Tegua Island, Vanuatu - John Seach". Vanuatu Travel. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[3] "2009 National Census of Population and Housing: Summary Release" (PDF). Vanuatu National Statistics Office. 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2010. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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