New Hebrides

The archipelago of the New Hebrides is a 700 km long chain of islands in the South Pacific, 300 km south of the Solomon Islands, 460 km north-east of New Caledonia and 960 kilometers west of Fiji.

Geography

The approximately 60 islands of the New Hebrides include the modern geopolitical island nation of Vanuatu. They form the northeastern boundary of the Coral Sea to the open Pacific. The island of Espiritu Santo is the northernmost and southernmost island of the anatomist of the New Hebrides.

The nearby island groups to the north and north-east of Espiritu Santo ( Banks Island and Torres Islands) belong geographically to the New Hebrides, but probably for the nation of Vanuatu ( Torba Province ).

The same applies to the south of the New Hebrides located controversial Matthew and Hunter Islands.

History

The islands were discovered by English navigator James Cook in 1774 for Europe. The name probably derives from the resemblance to the appearance of the Scottish Outer Hebrides archipelago.

• Group of islands (Vanuatu)
• Island Group ( Australia and Oceania)
• Islands ( Coral Sea )