Lo (sometimes wrongly spelled ''Loh'') is an island in the

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group of islands, in northern

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 ...

. The island is located 2.25 miles from the

Toga Island Toga is an island in the Torres group, within the Torba Province of Vanuatu. Geography Toga Island is the most southern of the Torres Islands. The island's size is 6 km by 4.5 km. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 104 ...

. As of 2009, the population of the island was 210. They speak the Lo dialect of the

Lo-Toga language Lo-Toga is an Oceanic language spoken by about 580 people on the islands of Lo and Toga, in the Torres group of northern Vanuatu. The language has sometimes been called ''Loh'' or ''Toga'', after either of its two dialects. Name The languag ...

Name

The name ''Lo'' comes from the

, where it is spelt ''Lō'' . It is of obscure origin.

Transportation

The Torres islands are served by

Torres Airport Torres Airport is an airfield serving the Torres Islands in the Torba province in Vanuatu. It is located on Linua Linua is an island in the Torres Islands archipelago in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Geograp ...

, which is located on the

Linua Linua is an island in the Torres Islands archipelago in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Geography Linua has a length of 2.8 km and diameter of 1 km. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 23 me ...

island, just off the north coast of Lo. The airport is mostly used by Lo residents. Lo is not frequently visited by outsiders.

Villages

Lo has two main villages: ''Lun̄haregi'' (a.k.a. ''Lunghariki'') and ''Rinuhe'' ; and a smaller hamlet, ''Telaqlaq'' . In 2018, the Vanuatu Coastal Adaptation Project provided the villages with access to fresh water.

References

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