Port Vato | |
Native Name: | Langievot |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Vanuatu |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Vanuatu |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Vanuatu |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Malampa Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Island |
Subdivision Name2: | Ambrym |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Total: | 250 |
Timezone: | VUT |
Utc Offset: | +11 |
Coordinates: | -16.3275°N 168.0442°W |
Elevation M: | 33 |
Port Vato is a village at the south coast of the island of Ambrym in Vanuatu with about 200 inhabitants.
The village has a Presbyterian church and a primary school (French and English), which is shared with the neighboring villages of Lonmei and Lalinda. It can be reached by dirt road from the airfield in Craig Cove. It has two guest houses for visitors. Visits to the volcanoes, Mt. Benbow and Mt. Marum, can be arranged from there.
The name of the village refers to the stone reef visible at low tides at the black sand beach (vato meaning "stone"). In the local language Daakie, the village is called Langievot, meaning "at the end of the stones".