Eratap (also Waratap Island, Îlot Ératap, Castaway Island) is a small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean, a part of the
Shefa Province
Shefa is one of the six provinces of Vanuatu, located in the center of the country and including the islands of Epi (island), Epi and Efate and the Shepherd Islands. The province's name is derived from the initial letters of SHepherd and EFAte. It ...
of
Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o ...
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Geography
The island lies 7 km south of
Port-Vila and has an upscale resort. The estimated terrain elevation above the sea level is some 10 meters
References
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Islands of Vanuatu
Shefa Province
Uninhabited islands of Vanuatu