Ovau Island
Ovau Island is an island of the Shortland Islands archipelago in Western Province, Solomon Islands, lying south of Bougainville Island. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is some 309 metres.- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Solomon Islands
- Also known as: “Ovau”
Ovau Island
- Categories: volcanic island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-6.7969° or 6° 47′ 49″ south
Longitude
156.01781° or 156° 1′ 4″ east
Elevation
309 metres (1,014 feet)
Open location code
6R5R6239+64
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Ovau Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Ovau Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ovau Island”
- Cebuano: “Ovau Island”
- Czech: “Ostrov Ovau”
- Turkish: “Ovau Adası”
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