Lifou Island
Lifou Island, historically spelt Lifu or Lefu in English, and known as Drehu in the local language, is the largest, most populous and most important island of the Loyalty Islands, in the archipelago of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bruno.menetrier, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in New Caledonia
- Also known as: “Chabrol”, “Drehu”, and “Duok”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wé.
Wé
Village
Wé is a small town in the commune of Lifou, in the Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia. It is located on the east coast of Lifou Island. Wé is the administrative centre of the commune of Lifou as well as the location of the provincial assembly of the Loyalty Islands. Wé is situated 6 km southeast of Lifou Island.
Lifou Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, Melanesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Lifou Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lifou uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Ліфу”
- Belarusian: “Ліфу”
- Cebuano: “Lifou Island”
- Chinese: “利富島”
- Czech: “Lifou”
- Dutch: “Lifou Island”
- Finnish: “Lifou”
- French: “Île de Lifou”
- French: “Île Lifu”
- French: “Lifou”
- Galician: “Lifou”
- Georgian: “ლიფუ”
- Greek: “Λίφου”
- Japanese: “リフー島”
- Lithuanian: “Lifu”
- Polish: “Lifou”
- Portuguese: “Lifou”
- Romanian: “Lifou”
- Russian: “Лифу”
- Spanish: “Isla de Lifou”
- Spanish: “Lifou”
Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lifou Island”. Photo: Bruno.menetrier, Public domain.