Eretoka

Coordinates: 17°39′00″S 168°8′00″E / 17.65000°S 168.13333°E / -17.65000; 168.13333
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Eretoka
[name]:
Artok
Eretoka Island in 2006.
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates17°39′00″S 168°8′00″E / 17.65000°S 168.13333°E / -17.65000; 168.13333
ArchipelagoVanuatu
Highest point90 m
Administration
ProvinceShefa Province

Eretoka (also Hat Island, Érétoka, Retoka, Artok) is a small uninhabited island in

Efate Island.[1][2] There is a lighthouse
built in the 1960s.

Geography

Eretoka spans 2.3 kilometers in northeast-southwestern direction and has a maximum width of 670 meters. The center of the island forms a cap of coral lime over stratified pumice and is 90 meters high. Around the island center extends a wide and flat area of sand and limestone, which was lifted over the water surface during the last elevation of the seabed. Most of this area is no higher than five meters above sea level.

History

References

  1. ^ "Eretoka Island". Geoview. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Eretoka Island: Vanuatu". Geographic Names. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  3. . Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Chief Roi Mata’s Domain", UNESCO
  5. Radio New Zealand International
    . July 9, 2008. Retrieved November 6, 2011.