Morehead
Morehead is a town in Western Province, Papua New Guinea and has about 2,250 residents. Morehead is situated nearby to the hamlet Kwaike, as well as near the village Rouku.- Type: Town with 2,250 residents
- Description: settlement in Papua New Guinea
- Also known as: “Morehead Station” and “Morehead, Papua New Guinea”
Morehead
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-8.71218° or 8° 42′ 44″ south
Longitude
141.64382° or 141° 38′ 38″ east
Population
2,250
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
IATA airport code
MHY
United Nations Location Code
PG MHY
Open location code
6R337JQV+4G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Morehead” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Morehead”
- Dutch: “Morehead”
- Ukrainian: “Моргед (Папуа Нова Гвінея)”
- Ukrainian: “Моргед”
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