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Erromango

893 km² of land in the Coral Sea.

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Erromango seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
N 5 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

893km²

Area

175km

Coastline

259m

Highest point

1,950

People

28°C

Warmest sea

February

1,829km

To the mainland

When to go to Erromango

Best for the beach from July to November.

The sea is warmest in February (28 °C) and coolest in August (25 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Vanuatu

Erromango is an volcanic island in Vanuatu. It covers 893 km², with 175 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 259 m. About 1,950 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1,829 km away.

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Getting there

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Erromango.

  • 24beaches
  • 1marinasIpota Wharf
  • 2waterfalls
  • 1hotels, guesthouses and apartments
  • 1restaurants, cafés and bars

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Erromango in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Erromango, each with its own numbers.

  • 3beaches and covesCoastya
  • 23mountainsPeakyas

  • Highest point

    566m

    Nagat, Vanuatu

    according to Peakyas

  • Beach with the warmest sea

    28.5°C

    Anse Waragi

    sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

3 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

  1. Anse Waragicove28.5°C
  2. Poléniacove28.5°C
  3. Baie Novacove28.5°C

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23 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

  1. Nagat, Vanuatu566m
  2. Wahous293m
  3. Rantop268m
  4. Ouborré103m
  5. Wormous
  6. Wantop
  7. Wablo
  8. Santop

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 237 m above the sea. 44 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 7 %0–50 m
  • 37 %50–200 m
  • 50 %200–500 m
  • 6 %500–1,000 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Erromango893 km²
Tenerife2,038 km²
Madeira Island742 km²

20 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)282828272625242424252627
Night low (°C)262727262524232223242426
Sea (°C)282828282726252525262627
Rain (mm)184162219192105876658569192122
Wet days191922191414111110111417
Sun h/day8.37.87.16.36.15.76.06.57.57.78.18.4
Wind (km/h)212121232325242323242322

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020−0.2+0.1+0.4−0.3−0.2±0.0−0.1+0.8+0.4+1.0+0.6±0.0
2021+0.4+0.4−0.6+0.1+0.4+1.0+1.5+0.8+0.5+0.3+0.7+0.8
2022+0.8+0.2+0.6+1.2+0.9+1.7+1.7+1.8+1.7+1.1+1.7+2.1
2023+0.8+0.9+0.2+1.1+1.2+0.7+0.3−0.2±0.0−0.3−0.1±0.0
2024+0.6+0.1−0.1−0.2−0.7+0.7+0.9+0.1+0.2+0.4+0.8+0.8
2025+0.9±0.0+0.1+1.3+0.7+0.5+1.4+1.3+0.6+1.0+1.7+0.9

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Erromango, Vanuatu, June 2009 (3667568960)
Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand · CC BY 2.0
Erromango, Vanuatu, 11 June 2009
Phillip Capper · CC BY 2.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

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About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q859646) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfallsCoastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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