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(Redirected from Laika Island) Uninhabited island in Vanuatu
Laika
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates16°49′38″S 168°33′39″E / 16.82722°S 168.56083°E / -16.82722; 168.56083
ArchipelagoVanuatu, Shepherd Islands
Area1.0 km (0.39 sq mi)
Administration
 Vanuatu
ProvinceShefa Province
Demographics
Population0 (2015)
Ethnic groupsNone

Laika or Laïka is a small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean, a part of the Shepherd Islands archipelago in the Shefa Province of Vanuatu.

Geography

Laika is located 7.4 km (4.6 mi) north of the island of Tongoa and 2.6 km (1.6 mi) south-east of the islet of Tefala. Laika and the other islands scattered around Tongoa were once part of a larger land mass, formed by the eruptions of the Kuwae submarine volcano, which exploded around 1475. Laika has an area of about one km (0.39 sq mi).

References

  1. "Laika Island". Getamap. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. "Tongoa - Laika". Birdlife International. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. Smithsonian Institution - Global Volcanism Program Kuwae
  4. C. Robin, M. Monzier, A. J. Crawford e S. M. Eggins, The Geology, Volcanology, Petrology...of the New Hebrides Island Arc, Vanuatu, Canberra, settembre 1993, pp.58-67
  5. Chaochao Gao et al. "The 1452 or 1453 A.D. Kuwae eruption signal derived from multiple ice core records: Greatest volcanic sulfate event of the past 700 years" Journal of Geophysical Research (2006)
Islands of Vanuatu by province
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Islands and islets
Malampa
Penama
Sanma
Shefa
Tafea
Torba
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