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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