Linua
{{Short description|Island in Vanuatu}}
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|map_image = Linua.PNG
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|location=Pacific Ocean
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|archipelago = Vanuatu
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|elevation_m = 23
|country = {{Flag|Vanuatu}}
|country_admin_divisions_title =Province
|country_admin_divisions =Torba Province
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|population = 0
|population_as_of = 2015
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Linua is an island in the Torres Islands archipelago in Torba Province of Vanuatu in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.{{cite web |title=Welcome to Torres Islands |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/vanuatu/torres-islands |publisher=Lonely Planet |accessdate=5 August 2018}}{{cite web |title=Linua Island |url=http://vu.geoview.info/linua,2136401 |publisher=Geoview |accessdate=5 August 2018}}
Geography
Linua has a length of 2.8 km and diameter of 1 km.{{cite web |last1=Seech |first1=John |title=Linua Island, Vanuatu |url=http://www.travel.vu/linua.html |publisher=Travel Vanuatu |accessdate=11 August 2018}}
The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 23 meters.{{cite web |title=Linua, Vanuatu on the Elevation Map |url=https://elevationmap.net/linua-vu-1003073286 |publisher=elevation Map |accessdate=11 August 2018}} Linua lies about 60 miles (100 km) north of Espiritu Santo Island between islands of Tegua and Lo. The island is surrounded by coral reefs. There is an airstrip on the island{{cite web |title=Torres Islands |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Torres-Islands |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |accessdate=5 August 2018}} opened in 1983 that provides the only regular transportation flights with the rest of Vanuatu.
The island is used mostly in times of plane landing, and is not settled permanently; the people there are based in the neighbouring village of Lungharegi, on Lo island. Linua has a small tourist hamlet, Kamilisa, consisting of four bungalows and a capacity of up to 20 people.
Climate
Linua has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with very heavy rainfall year-round.
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| location = Linua
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| single line = Yes
| Jan high C = 30.2
| Feb high C = 30.3
| Mar high C = 30.0
| Apr high C = 29.7
| May high C = 29.1
| Jun high C = 28.7
| Jul high C = 28.1
| Aug high C = 28.0
| Sep high C = 28.2
| Oct high C = 28.9
| Nov high C = 29.5
| Dec high C = 29.9
| Jan mean C = 26.8
| Feb mean C = 26.9
| Mar mean C = 26.7
| Apr mean C = 26.5
| May mean C = 26.1
| Jun mean C = 25.9
| Jul mean C = 25.4
| Aug mean C = 25.2
| Sep mean C = 25.4
| Oct mean C = 25.9
| Nov mean C = 26.3
| Dec mean C = 26.6
| year mean C =
| Jan low C = 23.5
| Feb low C = 23.6
| Mar low C = 23.5
| Apr low C = 23.4
| May low C = 23.2
| Jun low C = 23.1
| Jul low C = 22.7
| Aug low C = 22.4
| Sep low C = 22.7
| Oct low C = 22.9
| Nov low C = 23.2
| Dec low C = 23.4
|precipitation colour= green
|Jan precipitation mm=390
|Feb precipitation mm=387
|Mar precipitation mm=453
|Apr precipitation mm=395
|May precipitation mm=385
|Jun precipitation mm=321
|Jul precipitation mm=269
|Aug precipitation mm=270
|Sep precipitation mm=322
|Oct precipitation mm=351
|Nov precipitation mm=301
|Dec precipitation mm=345
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web
|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/1026837/
|title = Climate: Linua
|publisher=Climate-Data.org
|accessdate = July 29, 2020}}
}}
Name
The island is locally called Linue {{IPA|lht|ˈlinʉə|}} in Lo-Toga. The official name Linua {{IPA|mtt|linua|}} is spelled according to the Mota language, which missionaries chose as a reference in the area; the latter form is conservative of the ancient form *linua which can be reconstructed in the ancestral language of the Torres and Banks Islands.
References
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Category:Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean
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