Choiseul Island
Choiseul Island, native name Lauru, is the largest island of the Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands, at. The administrative headquarters of Choiseul Province is situated in the town of Taro, on Taro Island.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Solomon Islands
- Also known as: “Île de Choiseul”, “Lauru”, “Šuazelio sala”, “Лауру”, “ショアズール島”, and “チョイセル島”
Choiseul Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-7.049° or 7° 2′ 56″ south
Longitude
156.96189° or 156° 57′ 43″ east
Population
20,000
Elevation
393 metres (1,289 feet)
IATA airport code
CHY
Open location code
6R4RXX26+9Q
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Choiseul Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة شويسيول”
- Asturian: “islla Choiseul”
- Asturian: “Islla Choiseul”
- Basque: “Choiseul uhartea”
- Bulgarian: “Шоазьол (остров)”
- Bulgarian: “Шоазьол”
- Catalan: “Choiseul”
- Cebuano: “Choiseul Island”
- Chinese: “舒瓦瑟尔岛”
- Chinese: “舒瓦瑟爾島”
- Czech: “Choiseul”
- Czech: “Ostrov Choiseul”
- Dutch: “Choiseul”
- Esperanto: “Choiseul”
- Estonian: “Choiseuli saar”
- French: “Choiseul”
- Galician: “Choiseul”
- Georgian: “შუაზელი”
- German: “Choiseul”
- Hebrew: “חויסאול”
- Italian: “isola Choiseul”
- Italian: “Isola Choiseul”
- Japanese: “チョイスル島”
- Korean: “슈아절섬”
- Latvian: “Šuazela”
- Lithuanian: “Šuazelis”
- Macedonian: “Шоазел”
- Malay: “Pulau Lauru”
- Marathi: “चॉइस्यूल द्वीप”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Choiseul”
- Norwegian: “Choiseul”
- Persian: “جزیره شواسول”
- Polish: “Choiseul”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Choiseul”
- Russian: “Шуазёль”
- Spanish: “Choiseul”
- Spanish: “Isla Choiseul”
- Spanish: “Isla de San Márcos”
- Swedish: “Choiseul”
- Thai: “เกาะชัวเซิล”
- Turkish: “Choiseul Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Шуазель”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Choiseul”
- Western Mari: “Шуазёль ошмаоты”
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