Vanuabalavu Island
Vanua Balavu is the third-largest island in Fiji's Lau archipelago, and the main island of the Northern Lau Group.- Island
- …has about 1,200 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,210 metres (3,980 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code VBV
- Description: island in Fiji’s Lau archipelago
- Also known as“Sir Charles Middleton Island”“Vanua Balavu”“Vanua Valavo”“Vanue Mbalavu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vanuabalavu Airport.
Vanuabalavu Airport
Aerodrome
Vanuabalavu Airport or Vanua Balavu Airport…
Vanuabalavu Island
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
-17.23011° or 17° 13′ 48″ south
Longitude
-178.9464° or 178° 56′ 47″ west
UN/LOCODE
FJ VBV
Open location code
52J3Q393+XC
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Turkish—“Vanuabalavu Island” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Vanua Balavu”
- Cebuano: “Vanuabalavu Island”
- Chinese: “瓦努阿巴拉武”
- Czech: “Vanua Balavu”
- Dutch: “Vanua Balavu”
- Fiji Hindi: “Vanua Balavu”
- Finnish: “Vanuabalavu”
- French: “Vanua Balavu”
- Galician: “Vanua Balavu”
- German: “Vanua Balavu”
- Greek: “Βανούα Μπαλάβου”
- Indonesian: “Vanua Balavu”
- Italian: “Vanua Balavu”
- Japanese: “バヌア・バラビュー島”
- Polish: “Vanua Balavu”
- Portuguese: “Vanua Balavu”
- Russian: “Вануа-Мбалаву”
- Slovenian: “Vanua Balavu”
- Spanish: “Vanua Balavu”
- Swedish: “Vanuabalavu Island”
- Turkish: “Vanua Balavu”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Naidaradara Point and Nadogowiri Point.
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