Map of Mota Island Banks Group

Mota is an island in the Banks group of northern Vanuatu. Its population – today about 700 people – speak the Mota language, which Christian missionaries of the Anglican Church used as a lingua franca in parts of Melanesia.
  • Population: 683 (2009)
  • Archipelago: Banks Islands
  • Area: 9.5 km² (3.7 sq mi)
  • Highest elevation: 411 m (1348 ft)
  • Province: Torba
  • Pop. density: 71.89/km² (186.19/sq mi)
Data from: en.wikipedia.org