Merig

Coordinates: 14°19′S 167°48′E / 14.317°S 167.8°E / -14.317; 167.8

Merig (formerly known as Île Sainte Claire^{[verification needed]}) is a small island located 20 km east of Gaua, in the Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu. The island is about 800 meters wide, and has a circumference of 2.2 km.

Merig is only inhabited by one household, consisting of 12 individuals.^[1]

They speak Mwerlap,^[2] the language of the neighbouring island Merelava.

Notes

1. ^ (PDF) 2009 National Census of Population and Housing: Summary Release. Vanuatu National Statistics Office. 2009. http://www.spc.int/prism/country/vu/stats/Publications/2009%20Census%20Summary%20release%20final.pdf. Retrieved October 11, 2010. 
2. ^ Languages of the Banks & Torres Islands.