Shortland Island
Shortland Island is the largest island of the Shortland Islands archipelago, in the Western Province of Solomon Islands, at. The original name was a Melanesian word, while the current name was given to the island by Royal Navy officer John Shortland in 1788.
NASA, Public domain.- Island
- …has about 2,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 110 metres (350 feet)
- Description: island in Solomon Islands, near Bougainville
- Also known as“Alu”“Shortland Insel”
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Latitude
-7.05167° or 7° 3′ 6″ south
Longitude
155.76932° or 155° 46′ 10″ east
Open location code
6R4QWQX9+8P
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Shortland Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shortland Island”
- Czech: “Shortland”
- Dutch: “Shortland”
- Estonian: “Shortland”
- French: “île Shortland”
- French: “Shortland”
- Galician: “Alu”
- German: “Alu”
- German: “Shortland Island”
- Japanese: “ショートランド島”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Shortland”
- Romanian: “Alu”
- Romanian: “Insula Shortland”
- Russian: “Шортленд (остров)”
- Russian: “Шортленд”
- Spanish: “Alu (isla)”
- Spanish: “Alu”
- Turkish: “Shortland Adası”
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