Mere Lava

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Mere Lava, also Merelava, rare Star Peak Iceland, is the southernmost and easternmost island as it were the Banks Islands in the north of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. Administratively part of the island, like all the Banks Islands, the province of Torba.

Geography

Mere Lava is located 26 km south-east of MERIG and 47 km south-east of Gaua, the largest island of the archipelago. The nearly circular volcanic island has a diameter of less than 4.5 km and has an area of ​​18 km ². It is made of a basaltic stratovolcano, the called Mount Teu also Star Peak, reaches a height of 883 meters above the sea. Mere Lava has 650 inhabitants; Capital is Tasmate on the northwest coast of the island. The population speaks Mwerlap, a Melanesian language from the group of Oceanic languages.