Fergusson Island

Fergusson Island is the largest of the , in . It has an area of 1,437 square kilometres, and mostly consists of mountainous regions, covered by rain forests.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of the D’Entrecasteaux Islands, in Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: Kaluwawa”, “Moratau”, and “Moratu

Fergusson Island

Latitude
-9.51713° or 9° 31′ 2″ south
Longitude
150.67474° or 150° 40′ 29″ east
Population
21,800
Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)
Open location code
6R2GFMMF+4V
Geo­Names ID
2097439
Wiki­data ID
Q783083
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Fergusson Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة فيرغسون
  • Asturian: Islla Fergusson
  • Cebuano: Fergusson Island (pulo sa Papua New Guinea)
  • Cebuano: Fergusson Island
  • Chinese: 弗格森島
  • Dutch: Fergusson
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزيره فيرجسون
  • Esperanto: Insulo Fergusson
  • French: Fergusson
  • Galician: Illa Fergusson
  • Georgian: ფერგუსონი
  • German: Fergusson-Insel
  • Indonesian: Pulau Fergusson
  • Italian: isola Fergusson
  • Italian: Isola Fergusson
  • Italian: Moratau
  • Japanese: ファーガソン島
  • Persian: جزیره فرگوسن
  • Portuguese: Ilha Fergusson
  • Russian: Фергуссон
  • Spanish: Isla Fergusson
  • Swedish: Fergusson, Papua Nya Guinea
  • Swedish: Fergusson
  • Ukrainian: Фергюссон
  • Western Mari: Фергуссон
  • Western Panjabi: فرگوزن جزیرہ

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