Roi Mata

Chief Roi Mata’s Domain
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Fels Cave on Lelepa Island
LocationVanuatu
CriteriaCultural: (iii)(v)(vi)
Reference1280
Inscription2008 (32nd Session)
Area886.31 ha (2,190.1 acres)
Buffer zone1,275.42 ha (3,151.6 acres)
Coordinates17°37′41.05″S 168°10′39.79″E / 17.6280694°S 168.1777194°E / -17.6280694; 168.1777194
Roi Mata is located in Vanuatu
Roi Mata
Location of Roi Mata in Vanuatu
Roi Mata is located in Oceania
Roi Mata
Roi Mata (Oceania)

Roi Mata (or Roy Mata, Roymata) was a powerful Melanesian chief in what is now Vanuatu. He is believed to have lived at the end of the 16th century, or the beginning of the 17th.[1]

In 2008, three sites associated with Roi Mata, on the islands of Efate, Lelepa and Eretoka, were made UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[2][3]

  1. ^ Chief Roi Mata's domain (UNESCO report).
  2. ^ "Chief Roi Mata’s Domain", UNESCO.
  3. ^ "World Heritage Status set to ensure protection of Vanuatu's Roi Mata domain". Radio New Zealand International. July 9, 2008. Retrieved November 6, 2011.