1) Island of Vanuatu 
Merig is a small island located 20 km east of Gaua, in the Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu. The island is about 800 meters wide, and has a circumference of 2.2 km. ==History== The first recorded sighting of Merig Island by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Pedro Fernández de Quirós on 25 April 1606. It was then named Île Sainte Clair...