WLH is the airport code for Walaha Airport, a small airstrip on the island of Ambae in the Penama province of Vanuatu, in the South Pacific. Ambae, also known as Aoba, is a large, lush volcanic island, green and fertile, rising to the active Manaro volcano at its centre, which holds crater lakes and forced major evacuations during eruptions in 2017 and 2018. The island is often said to be the inspiration for the mythical Bali Hai in the musical South Pacific, for its beautiful outline across the water. This is a rural, traditional island of villages, gardens and custom life, well off the main tourist routes. Walaha, on the island's west, is one of its small airstrips. Ambae is reached by light aircraft to airstrips such as Walaha and by boat from neighbouring islands like Espiritu Santo and Maewo. The climate is tropical, warm and wet, with a cyclone risk in the wetter months.
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