Gerrit Denys Island

Lihir Island is the largest island in the of islands, 22 km long and 14.5 km wide, in 's . It consists of a complex of several overlapping basaltic stratovolcanoes rising 700 m above sea level.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: Gardeney”, “Gardenijs”, “Gerrit de Nijs”, “Ile du Bouchage”, “Lihir Island”, and “Lir Island

Gerrit Denys Island

Latitude
-3.08333° or 3° 5′ south
Longitude
152.58333° or 152° 35′ east
Population
18,000
Elevation
417 metres (1,368 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PG LNV
Open location code
6R8JWH8M+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305002969
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2092347
Wiki­data ID
Q1405205
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Gerrit Denys Island” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Lihir
  • Cebuano: Lihir Island
  • Chinese: 利希爾島
  • Czech: Aniolam
  • Czech: Niolam
  • Dutch: Lihir
  • Egyptian Arabic: ليهير ايسلاند
  • Egyptian Arabic: ليهير
  • French: Lihir
  • German: Niolam
  • German: Lir Insel” (historical)
  • Indonesian: Pulau Lihir
  • Italian: Lihir
  • Japanese: リヒール島
  • Persian: جزیره لیهیر
  • Polish: wyspa Lihir
  • Portuguese: Ilhas Lihir
  • Portuguese: Lihir
  • Portuguese: Niolam
  • Russian: Лихир
  • Spanish: Lihir
  • Ukrainian: Ліхір
  • Western Mari: Лихир ошмаоты
  • Western Panjabi: لیہیر جزیرہ

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Notable Places Nearby

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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 “Gerrit Denys Island”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.