Gerrit Denys Island
Lihir Island is the largest island in the Lihir group of islands, 22 km long and 14.5 km wide, in Papua New Guinea's New Ireland Province. It consists of a complex of several overlapping basaltic stratovolcanoes rising 700 m above sea level.
NASA, Public domain.- Island
- …has about 18,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 700 metres (2,300 feet)
- Description: island in Papua New Guinea
- Also known as“Gardeney”“Gardenijs”“Gerrit de Nijs”“Ile du Bouchage”“Lihir Island”“Lir Island”
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Latitude
-3.08333° or 3° 5′ south
Longitude
152.58333° or 152° 35′ east
UN/LOCODE
PG LNV
Open location code
6R8JWH8M+M8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Gerrit Denys Island” goes by many names.
جزيرة ليهيرArabic
LihirCatalan
Lihir IslandCebuano
利希爾島Chinese
AniolamCzech
NiolamCzech
LihirDutch
ليهيرEgyptian Arabic
ليهير ايسلاندEgyptian Arabic
Lir Insel (historical)German
Pulau LihirIndonesian
LihirItalian
リヒール島Japanese
جزیره لیهیرPersian
wyspa LihirPolish
ЛихирRussian
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