Inyeug Island is a small uninhabited island in
Tafea Province
Tafea is the southernmost of the six provinces of Vanuatu.
The name is an acronym for the five main islands that make up the province: Tanna, Aneityum, Futuna, Erromango and Aniwa.
History
Unlike the other provinces of Vanuatu, the territo ...
of
Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. "Inyeug" means "Small Island" in a local language. Inyueg is also called Mystery Island by the cruise ships that regularly visit the island.
The island was visited by
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...
and
Prince Philip in 1974, with the name "Mystery Island" coined to generate a more interesting headline of the report of the visit.
Geography
The island has an area of about 15.9 hectares and is located only 1 km south of the island of Aneityum. Inyeug is flanked to the west and south by the coral Intao Reef, that extends further south, and, albeit submerged, is the southernmost point of Vanuatu.
The island has the airport for the neighboring inhabited
Aneityum Island. The airport is basically a grass airstrip, which gets small plane flights twice weekly from
Port Vila via
Tanna Island.
References
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Islands of Vanuatu
Shefa Province