Kadovar
Kadovar is a volcanic island in Papua New Guinea northeast of the much larger island of New Guinea. The volcano erupted in January 2018 and the eruption is ongoing as of 2023, although the activity level is generally considered to be low.- Island
- …has about 430 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 370 metres (1,200 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Kadowar Island”
- Description: mountain in Papua New Guinea
- Also known as“Blosseville”“Kadovar Island”“Kadover”
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Latitude
-3.60734° or 3° 36′ 26″ south
Longitude
144.58828° or 144° 35′ 18″ east
Open location code
6R869HVQ+38
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Kadovar” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Kadovar Island”
- Catalan: “Kadovar”
- Cebuano: “Kadovar Island”
- Chinese: “卡多瓦爾島”
- Dutch: “Kadovar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كادوڤار”
- French: “Kadovar”
- German: “Kadovar”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Kadovar”
- Italian: “Kadovar”
- Japanese: “カドバー島”
- Ladin: “Kadovar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kadovar”
- Polish: “Kadovar”
- Swedish: “Kadovar”
- Ukrainian: “Кадовар”
- Venetian: “Kadovar”
- Vietnamese: “Kadovar”
- Western Panjabi: “کیڈوار”
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