Vanuatu

 Vanuatu (VAN), officially the Republic of Vanuatu, is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The Y-shaped archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is 1,750 km (1,090 mi) east of northern Australia, 540 km (340 mi) northeast of New Caledonia, east of New Guinea, southeast of the Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji. The archipelago is formed of 83 islands and most of them are mountainous and of volcanic origin, and have a tropical or subtropical climate. Vanuatu is recognised as a distinct terrestrial ecoregion, known as the Vanuatu rain forests.