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href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Малекула – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Малекула" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakula" title="Malakula – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Malakula" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakula" title="Malakula – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Malakula" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakula" title="Malakula – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Malakula" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malekula" title="Malekula – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Malekula" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7" title="مالاکولا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مالاکولا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malekula" title="Malekula – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Malekula" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakula" title="Malakula – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Malakula" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%90%EB%A0%88%EC%BF%A8%EB%9D%BC%EC%84%AC" title="말레쿨라섬 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="말레쿨라섬" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakula" title="Malakula – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Malakula" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakula" title="Malakula – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Malakula" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakula" title="Malakula – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Malakula" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakula" title="Malakula – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Malakula" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90" title="მალეკულა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მალეკულა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Малекула – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Малекула" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakula" title="Malakula – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Malakula" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malekula" title="Malekula – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Malekula" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7" title="مالاكولا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مالاكولا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakula" title="Malakula – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Malakula" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E5%B3%B6" title="マレクラ島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="マレクラ島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakula" title="Malakula – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Malakula" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Malakula&params=16_15_S_167_30_E_region:VU_type:isle"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">16°15′S</span> <span class="longitude">167°30′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">16.250°S 167.500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-16.250; 167.500</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archipelago</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides" title="New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">2,041 km<sup>2</sup> (788 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">879 m (2884 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest point</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Liambele&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mount Liambele (page does not exist)">Mount Liambele</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b>Vanuatu</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Vanuatu" title="Provinces of Vanuatu">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Malampa_Province" title="Malampa Province">Malampa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest settlement</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lakatoro" title="Lakatoro">Lakatoro</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">22,934 (2009)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ethnic groups</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ni-Vanuatu" title="Ni-Vanuatu">Ni-Vanuatu</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Malakula</b>, also spelled <b>Malekula</b>, is the second-largest island in the nation of <a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a>, formerly the <a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides" title="New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia">Melanesia</a>, a region of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malakula&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Malakula is separated from the islands of <a href="/wiki/Espiritu_Santo" title="Espiritu Santo">Espiritu Santo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malo_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Malo Island">Malo</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Bougainville_Strait" title="Bougainville Strait">Bougainville Strait</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lakatoro" title="Lakatoro">Lakatoro</a>, the capital of <a href="/wiki/Malampa_Province" title="Malampa Province">Malampa Province</a>, is situated on Malakula's northeastern shore and is the largest settlement on the island. Just off the northeastern coast of Malakula, there is a group of islands called the <i>Small Islands</i>, including, in order from north to south: <a href="/wiki/Vao_(island)" title="Vao (island)">Vao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atchin" title="Atchin">Atchin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wala_(island)" title="Wala (island)">Wala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rano_(island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rano (island)">Rano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norsup" title="Norsup">Norsup</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uripiv" title="Uripiv">Uripiv</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Uri_(island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Uri (island)">Uri</a>. Also off the coast: <a href="/wiki/Tomman_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomman Island">Tomman Island</a> to the southwest; <a href="/wiki/Akhamb_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Akhamb Island">Akhamb Island</a> to the south; and the <a href="/wiki/Maskelynes_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Maskelynes Islands">Maskelynes Islands</a> to the southeast (including <a href="/wiki/Sakao_Island_(Malampa,_Vanuatu)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sakao Island (Malampa, Vanuatu)">Sakao Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uluveo" title="Uluveo">Uluveo</a>). </p><p>Malakula has a maximum elevation of 879 m. Its peak is called Mt. Liambele.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1768, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Antoine_de_Bougainville" title="Louis Antoine de Bougainville">Louis Antoine de Bougainville</a> gave his name to the straits that separate Malakula from Santo. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malakula&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Effigy_Figure_(Rambaramp),_before_1880.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Effigy_Figure_%28Rambaramp%29%2C_before_1880.jpg/220px-Effigy_Figure_%28Rambaramp%29%2C_before_1880.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="356" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Effigy_Figure_%28Rambaramp%29%2C_before_1880.jpg/330px-Effigy_Figure_%28Rambaramp%29%2C_before_1880.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Effigy_Figure_%28Rambaramp%29%2C_before_1880.jpg/440px-Effigy_Figure_%28Rambaramp%29%2C_before_1880.jpg 2x" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Effigy Figure (Rambaramp), before 1880. Wood, fiber, mud, pigment, bone, shell, boar's tusks. <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Museum" title="Brooklyn Museum">Brooklyn Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vanuatu_MHNT_ETH_AC_NG_29_pirogue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Vanuatu_MHNT_ETH_AC_NG_29_pirogue.jpg/220px-Vanuatu_MHNT_ETH_AC_NG_29_pirogue.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Vanuatu_MHNT_ETH_AC_NG_29_pirogue.jpg/330px-Vanuatu_MHNT_ETH_AC_NG_29_pirogue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Vanuatu_MHNT_ETH_AC_NG_29_pirogue.jpg/440px-Vanuatu_MHNT_ETH_AC_NG_29_pirogue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7360" data-file-height="6187" /></a><figcaption>Canoe prow, Vao Island <a href="/wiki/MHNT" class="mw-redirect" title="MHNT">MHNT</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Malakula was inhabited for centuries by the Ni-Vanuatu people before Europeans encountered it. The first Europeans to sight the island were the members of the Spanish expedition of <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_Quir%C3%B3s" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedro Fernández de Quirós">Pedro Fernández de Quirós</a>, in 1606.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After being visited in 1774 by Captain <a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a>, on his <a href="/wiki/Second_voyage_of_James_Cook" title="Second voyage of James Cook">second voyage to the Pacific</a>, the islands were colonised in the late 18th century by both the British and the French, eventually becoming a condominion called in English the <a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides" title="New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a>. </p><p>In 1914 and 1915, the British <a href="/wiki/Anthropologist" title="Anthropologist">anthropologist</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Layard" title="John Layard">John Layard</a> lived on Malakula, doing anthropological <a href="/wiki/Fieldwork" class="mw-redirect" title="Fieldwork">fieldwork</a>, taking notes, making phonographic records, and taking more than 400 photographs. When he returned to Britain, he donated copies of his photographs on plates to the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Archaeology_and_Anthropology,_University_of_Cambridge" title="Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge">Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology</a>, at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">Cambridge</a>. </p><p>In 2002 the German painter <a href="/wiki/Ingo_K%C3%BChl" title="Ingo Kühl">Ingo Kühl</a>, after participating in an expedition of the Cultural Center to ceremonies of the indigenous people on Malakula, his works that were created there were shown in an exhibition at the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Vanuatu" title="National Museum of Vanuatu">National Museum of Vanuatu</a> in <a href="/wiki/Port_Vila" title="Port Vila">Port Vila</a> and in 2004–2005 at the <a href="/wiki/Ethnological_Museum_of_Berlin" title="Ethnological Museum of Berlin">Ethnological Museum of Berlin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malakula&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the 2009 census, Malakula has around 23,000 inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Malekula_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Malekula languages">Nearly thirty different languages</a> are spoken on the island.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike some earlier classifications, <a href="/wiki/Linguistics" title="Linguistics">linguist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_languages" title="Oceanic languages">Oceanic languages</a> specialist <a href="/wiki/John_Lynch_(linguist)" title="John Lynch (linguist)">John Lynch</a> (2016) considered the Malakula languages to form a coherent group.<sup id="cite_ref-Lynch-Malakula_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lynch-Malakula-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two tribes living on Malakula are the Big <a href="/wiki/Namba_(clothing)" title="Namba (clothing)">Nambas</a>, who live in the northern area of the island, and the Small Nambas, who live in the central part of the southern area. The tribes’ names are a reference to the size of the penis sheaths worn by the men, which are made out of banana or <a href="/wiki/Pandanus" title="Pandanus">pandanus</a> leaves. </p><p>Until recently, it was the custom in the culture of these tribes to bind infants' skulls in order to <a href="/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation" title="Artificial cranial deformation">permanently alter the shape of their heads</a>. Cone-shaped skulls were considered a sign of higher social status. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy_and_services">Economy and services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malakula&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Economy and services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Masque_des_Vanuatu_-_Sav%C3%A8s_MHNT_ETH_AC_NH_66.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Masque_des_Vanuatu_-_Sav%C3%A8s_MHNT_ETH_AC_NH_66.jpg/220px-Masque_des_Vanuatu_-_Sav%C3%A8s_MHNT_ETH_AC_NH_66.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Masque_des_Vanuatu_-_Sav%C3%A8s_MHNT_ETH_AC_NH_66.jpg/330px-Masque_des_Vanuatu_-_Sav%C3%A8s_MHNT_ETH_AC_NH_66.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Masque_des_Vanuatu_-_Sav%C3%A8s_MHNT_ETH_AC_NH_66.jpg/440px-Masque_des_Vanuatu_-_Sav%C3%A8s_MHNT_ETH_AC_NH_66.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3749" data-file-height="4912" /></a><figcaption>Malakula funeral masks – nineteenth century</figcaption></figure> <p>Malakula's economy is largely based on agriculture. The island has extensive <a href="/wiki/Copra" title="Copra">copra</a> plantations on the eastern coastal plains around Norsup and Lakatoro. The largest copra-producing plantation in Vanuatu is in Norsup. In 1939, a copra cooperative was set up at Matanvat in northern Malakula. For a while it turned to <a href="/wiki/Cargo_cult" title="Cargo cult">cargo cult</a> activities, but after 1950 it resumed copra production. </p><p>Both Norsup and Lakatoro have telephones and 24-hour electricity. Norsup is the site of the provincial hospital. Lakatoro has more stores than Norsup. It has a market house, a branch of the <a href="/wiki/National_Bank_of_Vanuatu" title="National Bank of Vanuatu">National Bank of Vanuatu</a>, and an <a href="/wiki/Air_Vanuatu" title="Air Vanuatu">Air Vanuatu</a> office. It is also the site of the island's main wharf and the administrative centre for Malampa province (which includes Malekula, Ambrym and Paama). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malakula&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The interior of Malekula is mountainous, rugged, and forest-covered. It is a good place for walking and bird watching. There are old cannibal sites hidden in the bush in northern Malekula, but at many of them the bones and skulls have been removed or buried. The Maskelynes and the small offshore islands along the east coast of Malekula have sand beaches, as well as coral reefs that are good places for recreational snorkeling and diving. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malakula&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_transport">Air transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malakula&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Air transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are three airports on Malekula. They are located at <a href="/wiki/Norsup_Airport" title="Norsup Airport">Norsup</a> (in the northern part of the island), <a href="/wiki/Malekoula_Airport" title="Malekoula Airport">Lamap</a> (in the southeastern part of the island), and <a href="/wiki/South_West_Bay_Airport" title="South West Bay Airport">Southwest Bay</a>. The Norsup airport has a tarmac surface. <a href="/wiki/Air_Vanuatu" title="Air Vanuatu">Air Vanuatu</a> operates daily flights to Malekula. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road_transport">Road transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malakula&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Road transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lakatoro is Malekula's road-transport hub. The best place to find trucks is at the Lakatoro Trading Centre. There are several trucks along the northeast coast as far as Vao. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malakula&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maskelynes_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Maskelynes Islands">Maskelynes Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malekula_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Malekula languages">Malekula languages</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literature">Literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malakula&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Haidy Geismar and Anita Herle: <i>Moving images. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Malampa_Province" title="Malampa Province">Malampa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akhamb" title="Akhamb">Akhamb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambrym" title="Ambrym">Ambrym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arseo" title="Arseo">Arseo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atchin" title="Atchin">Atchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avock" title="Avock">Avock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awei_(Vanuatu)" title="Awei (Vanuatu)">Awei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakao_(Malampa,_Vanuatu)" title="Sakao (Malampa, Vanuatu)">Khoti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leumanang" title="Leumanang">Leumanang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lopevi" title="Lopevi">Lopevi</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Malakula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maskelyne_Islands" title="Maskelyne Islands">Maskelyne Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norsup" title="Norsup">Norsup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paama" title="Paama">Paama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rano_(island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rano (island)">Rano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakao_(Malampa,_Vanuatu)" title="Sakao (Malampa, Vanuatu)">Sakao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sowan" title="Sowan">Sowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomman" title="Tomman">Tomman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uluveo" title="Uluveo">Uluveo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uri_(island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Uri (island)">Uri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uripiv" title="Uripiv">Uripiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vao_(island)" title="Vao (island)">Vao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varo_(island)" title="Varo (island)">Varo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vula%C3%AF" title="Vulaï">Vulaï</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wala_(island)" title="Wala (island)">Wala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Penama_Province" title="Penama 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title="Dany Island">Dany Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elephant_Island_(Vanuatu)" title="Elephant Island (Vanuatu)">Elephant Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Espiritu_Santo" title="Espiritu Santo">Espiritu Santo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lataro" title="Lataro">Lataro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lataroa" title="Lataroa">Lataroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malo_(island)" title="Malo (island)">Malo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malokilikili" title="Malokilikili">Malokilikili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malotina" title="Malotina">Malotina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malparavu" title="Malparavu">Malparavu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maltinerava" title="Maltinerava">Maltinerava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malvapevu" title="Malvapevu">Malvapevu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malwepe" title="Malwepe">Malwepe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavia_(island)" title="Mavia (island)">Mavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratua,_Vanuatu" title="Ratua, Vanuatu">Ratua</a></li> <li><a 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