Forari
Appearance
Forari | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 17°41′3″S 168°32′48″E / 17.68417°S 168.54667°E | |
Country | Vanuatu |
Province | Shefa Province |
Island | Efate |
Time zone | UTC+11 (VUT) |
Forari is one of the three most used ports in Vanuatu.
It is on the eastern end of Éfaté Island.
It contains a manganese mine which was opened in 1962 by the French and closed in 1979.[1][2] In 1971 it was reported that "workable deposits of manganese oxides occur over an area of 25km2 at Forari."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Stanley, David (January 2000). South Pacific Handbook. David Stanley. p. 817. ISBN 978-1-56691-172-6. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ Pacific islands monthly: PIM. Pacific Publications. 1992. p. 27. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ Warden, Arthur Jones (1971). Manganese mineralisation in the New Hebrides. Geological Survey (New Hebrides), Published by the British Service. p. 21. Retrieved 7 March 2012.