Huon Gulf
Huon Gulf is a large gulf in eastern Papua New Guinea. It is bordered by Huon Peninsula in the north. Both are named after French explorer Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.Huon Gulf
- Type: Bay
- Description: gulf in Papua New Guinea
- Category: body of water
- Location: Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-6.85417° or 6° 51′ 15″ south
Longitude
147.0932° or 147° 5′ 36″ east
Open location code
6R5943WV+87
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Western Mari—“Huon Gulf” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Pleg-mor Huon”
- Cebuano: “Huon Gulf (gulpo)”
- Cebuano: “Huon Gulf”
- Chinese: “休恩灣”
- Czech: “Huonův záliv”
- Dutch: “Huon Gulf”
- French: “golfe d’Huon”
- French: “Golfe de Huon”
- German: “Huongolf”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ יואון”
- Iloko: “Golpo Huon”
- Indonesian: “Teluk Huon”
- Italian: “Golfo di Huon”
- Japanese: “フォン湾”
- Lithuanian: “Hjuono įlanka”
- Polish: “Huon”
- Portuguese: “Golfo de Huon”
- Russian: “Хьюон”
- Russian: “Юон (залив)”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Huon”
- Western Frisian: “Golf fan Huon”
- Western Mari: “Хьюон иксӓ”
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Places to explore: Wagang and Voco Point.
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