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All these islands lie among the Loyalty Islands, 190 kilometres (105 nautical miles) northeast of New Caledonia's mainland. At 1,146 km 2 (442 sq mi), Lifou Island is the largest atoll in the world. [4] The town of Wé, on Lifou Island, is the administrative centre of the commune of Lifou as well as the provincial seat of the Loyalty Islands ...
Lifou from space, November 1990. Irregular in shape, Lifou Island is 81 km (50 mi) long and 16 to 24 km (10 to 15 miles) wide. The island has no rivers, but has abundant vegetation, dense interior jungles, fertile soils, terraced cliffs and coral reefs. Lifou Island is a former coral atoll that was part of a
Lifou: 8,627 Loyalty Islands ... 3,945 North: Hamlets (Lieux-dits. The villages or hamlets (French: lieux-dits) of New Caledonia are ordered by ... Port Laguerre ...
The country of New Caledonia comprises four archipelagos. The following is a breakdown of the islands of the country. ... New Caledonia: Nouméa: Koné, Lifou, ...
Lifou: Location: Lifou Island: Coordinates ... Location of airport in New Caledonia. Runways; Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 1,250 4,101 Asphalt Statistics (2018)
An expandable bathymetric and topographic map of New Caledonia and Vanuatu, formerly the New Hebrides.Click to enlarge. New Caledonia is made up of a main island, the Grande Terre, and several smaller islands, the Belep archipelago to the north of the Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands to the east of the Grande Terre, the Isle of Pines to the south of the Grande Terre, the Chesterfield Islands ...
It is located on the east coast of Lifou Island. Wé is the administrative centre of the commune of Lifou as well as the location of the provincial assembly of the Loyalty Islands. The population of Wé is unknown but the island of Lifou, of which Wé is the capital, [1] has a population of 9,195 in 2019. [2]
This is a list of airports in New Caledonia, sorted by location. New Caledonia (French: Nouvelle-Calédonie) is an overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer or TOM) of France, made up of a main island (Grande Terre) and several smaller islands. It is located in the region of Melanesia in the southwest Pacific.