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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 ...
New Caledonia (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ KAL-ih-DOH-nee-ə; French: Nouvelle-Calédonie [nuvɛl kaledɔni] ⓘ) [nb 2] is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 220 km (140 mi) southwest of Vanuatu and 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia. [5]
Tropical cyclones will be named by various weather agencies when they attain maximum sustained winds of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). The strongest system this year so far is Cyclone Vince , which attained a minimum barometric pressure of 923 hPa (27.26 inHg), Cyclone Dikeledi is the deadliest system this year so far, causing at least nine deaths.
Each year, 3.6 tropical cyclones move through the waters around New Caledonia, an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. This includes the average 1.7 storms that are a Category 3 or higher on the Australian cyclone scale , or with sustained winds of at least 119 km/h (74 mph).
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The Chesterfield Reefs are now part of the territory of New Caledonia while the islands farther west are part of the Australian Coral Sea Islands Territory. Chesterfield lagoon , located between 19˚00' and 20˚30' S and 158˚10' and 159˚E covers an area of approximately 3500 km 2 .
Goro is a major mining settlement in South Province, New Caledonia. The Goro mine is one of the world's biggest nickel mines. 22°17′S 167°01′E / 22.283°S 167.017°E / -22.283; 167
Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam transitioning into an extratropical cyclone to the northeast of New Zealand on 15 March. A pre-cyclone alert was raised in New Caledonia as a precaution. [31] On 13 March 2015 at noon local time, this was raised to the first level of cyclone alert for the Loyalty Islands and for the Isle of Pines. [68]