Toponymic map of Vanikoro I., showing the main islands Banie and Teanu.[1]
Banie (IPA:[ᵐbanie]) is the main island of the Vanikoro group, in the Temotu province of Solomon Islands.[2] The only other inhabited island of the group is the smaller island of Teanu or Tevai.
Name
The island of Banie receives its name from its highest mountain, mount Banie.
The local population sometimes uses Banie as a way to designate the whole Vanikoro group.
