UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | Vanuatu |
Criteria | Cultural: (iii)(v)(vi) |
Reference | 1280 |
Inscription | 2008 (32nd Session) |
Area | 886.31 ha (2,190.1 acres) |
Buffer zone | 1,275.42 ha (3,151.6 acres) |
Coordinates | 17°37′41.05″S 168°10′39.79″E / 17.6280694°S 168.1777194°E |
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]