The highest point on the island is Mount Malo (326 metres or 1,070 feet).

The highest point on the island is Malo Peak, which rises to 326 m (1,070 ft) above sea level.

[2] A 5,650 hectares or 13,960 acres tract, encompassing the western end of the island, has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International, because it supports populations of Vanuatu megapodes, Vanuatu kingfishers, palm lorikeets, fan-tailed gerygones, and Vanuatu white-eyes.

[8] Avunatari (Abnetare), the main center on the northwest coast, had 600 people in 1999.

[citation needed] The earliest archaeological evidence of human habitation in Vanuatu is from a site on Malo that was settled circa 1400 BC.