The chain of 80 Melanesian islands had suffered much from conflicting interests
Region: From 1985 to 1994, Vanuatu was divided into eleven island regions
Early 17th century Spanish, French, Portuguese and British explorers were followed by 19th century raiders and privateers keen to plunder the resources of the group named The New Hebrides by Captain James Cook.
Place Vanuatu contains some of the few nearly permanent lava lakes of the world, here are active submarine volcanoes, unusual lakes in volcanic craters, unique biotopes created by the volcanic acid rain