Vitu Islands
The Vitu Islands are a volcanic group with an area of 37 sq mi located in the Bismarck Sea off New Britain, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. They are not technically part of the Bismarck Archipelago.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island group in New Britain
- Also known as: “Françaises Islands”, “French Islands”, “Iles Françaises”, “Widu”, “Witu Group”, “Witu Inseln”, and “Witu Islands”
Vitu Islands
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Vitu Islands” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزر فيتو”
- Cebuano: “Witu Islands”
- Chinese: “維圖群島”
- Chinese: “维图群岛”
- Dutch: “Vitu Islands”
- Estonian: “Vitu saared”
- Estonian: “Witu saared”
- German: “Französische Inseln”
- German: “Frenchinseln”
- German: “Vitu-Inseln”
- German: “Vituinseln”
- German: “Witu-Inseln”
- German: “Wituinseln”
- Italian: “Isole di Vitu”
- Japanese: “Vitu諸島”
- Japanese: “ヴィート諸島”
- Japanese: “ガロベ島”
- Russian: “Виту”
- Russian: “Острова Виту”
- Spanish: “Islas Vitu”
- Swedish: “Vitu öarna”
- Swedish: “Vituöarna”
- Swiss German: “Vitu-Insle”
- Tosk Albanian: “Vitu-Inseln”
- Western Panjabi: “ویٹو جزیرے”
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