Ureparapara
Sign in to saveUreparapara (also known as Parapara for short; once known as Bligh Island) is the third largest island in the Banks group of northern Vanuatu, after Gaua and Vanua Lava.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Ureparapara
- Islands.image_name
- Womtelo Map-Banks-Vanuatu 1000.png
- Islands.image_caption
- Ureparapara, in the Banks Islands
- Islands.map_image
- Nh-map.png
- Islands.native_name
- Noypēypay, Aö
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Vanuatu, Banks Islands
- Islands.area_km2
- 39
- Islands.highest_mount
- Mt Qusetowqas
- Islands.elevation_m
- 300
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Province
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Torba Province
- Islands.population
- 437
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2009
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Banks Islands
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Located in
- Torba
- Population
- 437
- Area
- 39
- Elevation
- 14
- Time zone
- UTC+11:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Womtelo Map-Banks-Vanuatu 1000.png
- Width
- 7.7
- Length
- 8.3
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- located in/on physical feature
- Banks Islands
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Population and culture
- Population
- Languages
- Name of the island
- Historical sites
- References
- Bibliography
Ureparapara (also known as Parapara for short; once known as Bligh Island) is the third largest island in the Banks group of northern Vanuatu, after Gaua and Vanua Lava.
The climate on the island is humid tropical. The average annual rainfall exceeds 4000 mm. Ureparapara is subject to frequent earthquakes and cyclones.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ureparapara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations