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Espíritu Santo or Santo, volcanic island, 1,485 sq mi (3,846 sq km), South Pacific, largest and westernmost island of Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides). Generally mountainous and fertile, the island produces copra, coffee, and cocoa. Its indigenous population is mainly Melanesian. Espiritu Santo was explored in 1606 by the Portuguese navigator Pedro Fernandez de Queiros. It was the site of a large U.S. air base during World War II. In 1980, shortly before Vanuatu was to become independent from France and Britain, residents of the island staged an armed revolt to secede from the other islands. The rebellion was quickly put down with the help of troops from Britain and Papua New Guinea.

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Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu Marina An island with the Portuguese name ‘Holy Spirit’. It was discovered in 1606 by the Portuguese navigator, Pedro Fernández de Quirós (d. 1614). As with many islands in the Pacific, different maps showed different locations for the island east of Australia and New Guinea, and even on the mainland of Australia.

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