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Wuvulu Island

Wuvulu Island is part of the Western Islands of the in the western Pacific Ocean, part of , . It is the westernmost island of the thirteen island groups that make up the archipelago.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: “Mary Island”, “Matty Island”, “Maty Island”, “Tiger Island”, and “Wuwulu”

Wuvulu Island

Latitude
-1.74028° or 1° 44′ 25″ south
Longitude
142.85259° or 142° 51′ 9″ east
Population
824
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
IATA airport code
WUV
Open location code
6RC47V53+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43770710
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2083258
Wiki­data ID
Q1670773
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Satellite Map

Discover Wuvulu Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Wuvulu Island” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Wuvulu Island”
  • Cebuano: “Wuvulu Island”
  • Chinese: “武武盧島”
  • Dutch: “Wuvulu”
  • French: “Wuvulu”
  • German: “Tiger-Inseln”
  • German: “Tigerinsel[”
  • German: “Wuvulu”
  • German: “Tigerinsel” (historical)
  • Italian: “Wuvulu”
  • Japanese: “ウブル島”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Wuvulu”
  • Russian: “Вувулу”
  • Swedish: “Wuvulu”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Wuvulu”
  • Western Panjabi: “وووولو جزیرہ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wuvulu Island”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.