Tegua Island

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Tegua Island is a small, remote island in the Torres Islands group of northern Vanuatu, known for its vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal erosion.

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Tegua Island canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
administrativeTerritoryOf Vanuatu
archipelago Torres Islands
climateIssue coastal inundation
increased flooding risk
sea-level rise
country Vanuatu
countryCapital Port Vila
describedAs remote island
small island
environmentalConcern loss of habitable land
saltwater intrusion
shoreline retreat
geographicFeature volcanic island
hasEcosystem coastal ecosystem
tropical marine ecosystem
hasHazard coastal flooding
erosion of coastal settlements
storm surge exposure
hasIssue climate-induced displacement risk
knownFor climate change impacts
coastal erosion
vulnerability to sea-level rise
locatedIn Torba Province
Torres Islands
northern Vanuatu
locatedInRegion Oceania
locatedInWaterbody Coral Sea
Pacific Ocean
locatedNorthOf Efate
Espiritu Santo
oceanRegion South Pacific Ocean
partOf Torres Islands group
linked to: Torres Islands
partOfCountrySubdivision Torba Province
partOfIslandGroup Torres Islands, Vanuatu
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated
populationTrend very small population
region Melanesia
sovereignState Republic of Vanuatu
linked to: Vanuatu
timeZone VUT
utcOffset +11:00

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Torres Islands hasIsland Tegua Island
Torba Province hasIsland Tegua Island
Merig hasNeighbour Tegua Island
subject linked to: island of Merig