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Vanuatu rain forests

PhillipC · CC BY 2.0

98% trees around it and 357 species recorded.

84Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyWild

  • trees within 3 km98%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded357
  • Altitude86 m

The forest around

98% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 96%Grassland 4%Trees 98%Grassland 2%Water 0%Trees 98%Grassland 2%Trees 95%Grassland 5%Bare ground 0%98%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km96%
  • 1–3 km98%
  • 3–6 km98%
  • 6–10 km95%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees98%
  • Grassland2%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

357 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Garden croton
Garden crotonCodiaeum variegatum13 recordsLouise Wolff -- darina 23:22, 6 May 2005 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Zehneria mucronata
Zehneria mucronataZehneria mucronata13 recordsShih-Shiuan Kao · CC BY-SA 2.0
Polyscias cissodendron
Polyscias cissodendronPolyscias cissodendron12 recordsPoyt448, Peter Woodard · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fagraea ceilanica
Fagraea ceilanicaFagraea ceilanica12 recordsVinayaraj · CC BY-SA 3.0
Barringtonia edulis
Barringtonia edulisBarringtonia edulis11 recordsForest and Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0 us
Leea indica
Leea indicaLeea indica9 recordsFrancisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) · Public domain
Macaranga dioicaMacaranga dioica16 records
Macropiper latifoliumMacropiper latifolium14 records
Schefflera neoebudicaSchefflera neoebudica12 records
Ambon forest nutmegMyristica fatua12 records
Eumachia trichostomaEumachia trichostoma11 records
DogtailBuddleja asiatica11 records

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

84out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 98%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 357Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 86 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from July to September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan29°26°272 mm
  2. Feb29°26°274 mm
  3. Mar28°26°271 mm
  4. Apr28°26°272 mm
  5. May27°24°183 mm
  6. Jun26°24°162 mm
  7. Jul26°23°116 mm
  8. Aug26°23°104 mm
  9. Sep27°23°109 mm
  10. Oct27°24°151 mm
  11. Nov28°25°175 mm
  12. Dec29°25°170 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Vanuatu rain forests.

Terrestrial ecoregion in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands

Vanuatu rain forests is a forest in Vanuatu.

Seen from space, 98% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

357 species have been recorded around it: 317 plants, 2 fungi, 38 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Garden croton, Zehneria mucronata and Polyscias cissodendron.

The best time to walk is from July to September.

A stream on Efate, Vanuatu
PhillipC · CC BY 2.0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Vanuatu rain forests seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

    • marked trails within 5 km
    • named and notable trees within 6 km
    • picnic sites within 4 km
    • shelters and huts within 6 km
    • viewpoints within 5 km
    • visitor centres within 6 km
    • car parks within 3 km
    • campsites within 10 km
    • places to stay within 10 km
    • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

    Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

    In our other atlases

    Around Vanuatu rain forests.

    The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

    Peakyas44 mountains within 25 km
    Vaibindoloua693 m · 15 kmCotamtam1,345 m · 17 kmMount Tabwemasana1,879 m · 19 kmTaoaloalo880 m · 19 kmNaenpoé1,566 m · 20 kmLaïriri1,298 m · 21 kmBatnarouta724 m · 22 kmBalitsololo1,309 m · 23 km
    Islandyasthe island
    Espiritu Santo3,956 km²
    Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
    Espiritu SantoBortle 1 · 9.9 kmMount TabwemasanaBortle 1 · 18 km

    Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

    Where these figures come from

    Name and typeWikidata (Q3822034) · CC0
    Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
    Species1,677 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
    See these recordsgbif.org
    Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
    AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
    Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
    What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
    ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
    Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Darkskyas

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

    The family

    Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

    Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

    beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
    viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
    birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
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