Huon Peninsula
Huon Peninsula is a large rugged peninsula on the island of New Guinea in Morobe Province, eastern Papua New Guinea. It is named after French explorer Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Huon Peninsula
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
- Category: landform
- Location: Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-6.40428° or 6° 24′ 15″ southLongitude
147.40731° or 147° 24′ 26″ eastElevation
1,151 metres (3,776 feet)Open location code
6R59HCW4+7WOpenStreetMap ID
node 12281697224OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peninsula
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Satellite Map
Discover Huon Peninsula from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Mari—“Huon Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Península de Huon”
- Breton: “Gourenez Huon”
- Catalan: “Península de Huon”
- Cebuano: “Huon Peninsula”
- Chinese: “休恩半岛”
- Dutch: “Huonschiereiland”
- Esperanto: “Duoninsulo Huon”
- Finnish: “Huonin niemimaa”
- French: “Péninsule de Huon”
- French: “péninsule Huon”
- Galician: “Península de Huon”
- German: “Huon-Halbinsel”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי יואון”
- Italian: “Penisola di Huon”
- Japanese: “フォン半島”
- Lithuanian: “Hjuono pusiasalis”
- Persian: “پنیسولا هوئون”
- Persian: “شبهجزیره هوئون”
- Polish: “Huon”
- Portuguese: “Península de Huon”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Huon”
- Spanish: “Península de Huon”
- Swedish: “Huonhalvön”
- Ukrainian: “Гуон (півострів)”
- Ukrainian: “Гуон”
- Western Mari: “Хьюон пел ошмаоты”
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