Metoma
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Pacific Ocean |
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| Archipelago | Vanuatu |
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| Administration | |
| Province | Torba Province, Torres Islands |
| Largest settlement | Sola |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 13 (2009) |
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Metoma is a small volcanic island in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean.[1][2]
Geography
Metoma is a part of the Torres Islands archipelago. It lies 500 km from Port Vila. The island is located between the neighboring islands of Tegua and Hiu. The summit elevation is 115 m. Metoma is populated by robber crabs (Birgus latro), the world's largest terrestrial invertebrates.[3] The island is 2.4 km long and 1.4 km wide, and lies 600 m north of Tegua Island.[4]
Population
Metoma had 13 inhabitants in 2009.[citation needed] The village in the south of the island is called Rival.
Name
The island is locally called Mētome Script error: No such module "IPA". in Lo-Toga. The official name Metoma Script error: No such module "IPA". is spelled according to the Mota language, which missionaries chose as a reference in the area; the latter form is conservative of the ancient form *metoma which can be reconstructed in the ancestral language of the Torres and Banks Islands.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Metoma". Geoview. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Metoma". Getamap. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cangrejo de cocotero en la isla de Metoma (Vanuatu)". Geoview. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Seech, John. "Metoma Island, Vanuatu - John Seach". Vanuatu Travel. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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