Merig

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MERIG or Merig, formerly also Île Sainte Claire Vergel Iceland or, is a small island in the archipelago of 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

MERIG is located about halfway between Gaua the west and Mere Lava in the East, from which they located 21 km and 26 km away. The nearly circular island has a diameter of 800 meters, a circumference of 2.2 km and an area of 0.5 km ². It is of volcanic origin and reaches a height of 125 meters above the sea. MERIG has 12 inhabitants, all of whom live in the village Lévolvol. The population speaks Mwerlap, a Melanesian language from the group of Oceanic languages.