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Vanuatu ( English i / ˌ v ɑː n uː ˈ ɑː t uː / vah-noo- AH -too or / v æ n ˈ w ɑː t uː / van- WAH -too ; Bislama IPA: [vanuaˈtu] ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu ( French : République de Vanuatu , Bislama : Ripablik blong Vanuatu ), is a Pacific island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago , which is of volcanic origin, is some 1,750 kilometres (1,090 mi) east of northern Australia , 500 kilometres (310 mi) northeast of New Caledonia , east of New Guinea , southeast of the Sol
Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. The first Europeans to visit the islands were a Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Fernandes de Queirós , who arrived on the largest island in 1606. He then claimed the archipelago for Spain, as part of the colonial Spanish East Indies , and named it Austrialia del Espiritu Santo .