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Walk the 400-hectare station from the coconut gene bank to the cattle paddocks. Tap a hotspot.

Photo: VARTC (2016 website)
Schematic of the VARTC Saraoutou stationNot to scale. Hotspot positions are indicative only. Sea to the east. Sea · east coast of Santo Port-Olry road (indicative) Volcanic-ash plateau · coral terraceCoconuts · 220 haOpen pasture · 100 haCoffee & cocoa · 30 haRoots, tubers & kava · 4 ha 1Coconut gene bank2Coconut nursery3Cattle paddocks4Root crops5Horticulture6Offices7Training N (approx.) Schematic · not to scale · positions indicative, not surveyed

Indicative only. This is a schematic drawn from published land-use figures (about 400 ha in 2016: 220 ha coconuts, 100 ha open pasture, 30 ha coffee and cocoa, 4 ha roots, tubers and kava).[1] Hotspot positions are not surveyed and should be replaced with VARTC's own site plan [TO CONFIRM].

Hotspots

Where we are

On the real map

One sourced, station-level point: 15.4444° S, 167.1913° E — the coordinates published for the Cocoflux research site in the VARTC coconut plantation.[8] CIRAD papers give 15°27′S, 167°12′E, about 11 km north of Luganville on the east coast of Espiritu Santo.[9]

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The live map needs an internet connection. Saraoutou is about 11 km north of Luganville on the east coast of Espiritu Santo. Open OpenStreetMap ↗

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · Leaflet (BSD-2).

Sources on this page

Markers [n] refer to these.

  1. VARTC website, Location (2016)
  2. VARTC website, Coconut Section (2016)
  3. VARTC website, Livestock Section (2016)
  4. VARTC website, Horticulture Section (2016)
  5. Dept of Climate Change (DoCC), May 2026 — CFF monitoring visit
  6. SPC, Aug 2023 — Seed champions in Vanuatu
  7. VARTC website, History (2016)
  8. ICOS — Cocoflux station VU-Coc (Saraoutou coconut plantation)
  9. Labouisse, Sileye & Hamelin 2007 — New observations on the resistance of coconut cultivars to tropical cyclones in Vanuatu (CORD)