Banie (island)
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Banie is the main island of the Vanikoro
group, in the Temotu
province of the Solomon Islands
. The only other inhabited island of the group is the smaller island of Teanu
ou Tevai.
The local population
sometimes uses Banie as a way to designate the whole Vanikoro group.
Vanikoro
Vanikoro is an island from the Santa Cruz group, located 118 km to the Southeast of the main Santa Cruz group. It belongs administratively to the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands....
group, in the Temotu
Temotu
Temotu can refer to:* Temotu Province, a province of the Solomon Islands* Temotu, Tuvalu, an island in Vaitupu, Tuvalu* Temotu, Kiribati, a village on Marakei, Kiribati...
province of the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
. The only other inhabited island of the group is the smaller island of Teanu
Teanu (island)
Teanu is the second island in size of the Vanikoro group, in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. It is located northeast of the main island of the group, Banie.Teanu has currently only one inhabited village, Puma....
ou Tevai.
Name
The island of Banie receives its name from its highest mountain, mount Banie.The local population
Teanu language
Teanu is the main language spoken on the island of Vanikoro, in the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands.Some information on Teanu, as well as on the two other languages of the island, can be found in .-Name:...
sometimes uses Banie as a way to designate the whole Vanikoro group.