Mota Lava Island

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Mota Lava Island is a remote island in Vanuatu’s Banks group, known for its volcanic landscape, traditional villages, and use of the Mwotlap language.

All labels observed (2)

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Mota Lava 3
Mota Lava Island canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
airportIATAcode MTV
airportICAOcode NVSA
archipelago Banks Islands
climate humid
tropical
country Vanuatu
hasAirport Mota Lava Airport
hasCulturalRegion Banks Islands culture
linked to: Banks Islands
hasEconomicActivity copra production
fishing
small-scale tourism
subsistence agriculture
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Mwotlap speakers
hasFeature coastal plains
coral reefs
fringing reef
sandy beaches
traditional villages
upland interior
hasLanguage Bislama
English
French
Mwotlap language
hasReligion Anglicanism
Christianity
Presbyterianism
hasSettlement Aplow
Vētuboso
hasTransport domestic flights
small boat connections
hasVegetation coastal vegetation
tropical rainforest
hasVolcanicOrigin true
locatedIn Banks Islands
Melanesia
Pacific Ocean
Torba Province
locatedInTimeZone UTC+11
locatedNear Ureparapara
Vanua Lava
locatedNorthOf Espiritu Santo
partOf Banks group
primaryLanguage Mwotlap language
sovereignState Vanuatu
terrain volcanic landscape
usesCurrency Vanuatu vatu

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Referenced by (4)

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

Mwotlap spokenIn Mota Lava Island
Banks Islands contains Mota Lava
linked to: Mota Lava Island
Vanua Lava hasNearbyIsland Mota Lava
linked to: Mota Lava Island
Torba Province hasIsland Mota Lava
linked to: Mota Lava Island