Lataro Explained

Lataro
Location:	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates:	-15.2667°N 167.1833°W
Archipelago:	Vanuatu
Area Km2:	3.22
Elevation M:	88
Country Admin Divisions Title:	Province
Country Admin Divisions:	Sanma Province
Population:	0^[1]
Population As Of:	2015
Ethnic Groups:	None
Website:	www.satoshi-island.com

Lataro (alternate names: Litaro or Satoshi Island or Pilot Island) is an uninhabited island in Sanma Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Geography

Lataro lies in Shark Bay off the eastern coast of Espiritu Santo and is flat.^[5] The highest point of the island is 88 meters above the sea level. The island spans 1.9 km from the north to the south and 2.3 km from the east to the west.

History

The island has been leased by Anthony Welch since 2007 under a 75-year lease.^[6]

In 2022, Welch announced that he had unofficially renamed the island Satoshi in honor of Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of bitcoin, and that the island would be turned into a home of bitcoin investors.^{[7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2015 Vanuatu National Population and Households Projections by Province and Islands . 6 August 2018. Vanuatu National Statistics Office.
2. Web site: Lataro Island . Geoview . 18 August 2018.
3. Web site: Lataro: Vanuatu . Geoview . 19 August 2018.
4. Web site: Saving the Krab Kokonas . Island Life . 19 August 2018 . 13 February 2015.
5. Web site: Seach . John . Lataro Island, Vanuatu . Travel Vanuatu . 19 August 2018.
6. Web site: Rich Robinson: the best private islands you can buy . Yachts Review . 30 March 2022 . en.
7. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/12/bitcoin-paradise-briton-creates-crypto-utopia-in-south-pacific “Bitcoin paradise? Briton creates ‘crypto utopia’ in South Pacific”
8. Web site: Crypto 'paradise' planned on Vanuatu island . . 5 August 2022 . en . 29 April 2022.