Vanua Balavu Island

Vanua Balavu is the third-largest island in 's archipelago, and the main island of the Northern Lau Group.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Fiji’s Lau archipelago
  • Also known as: Sir Charles Middleton Island”, “Vanua Balavu”, “Vanua Valavo”, “Vanuabalavu Island”, and “Vanue Mbalavu

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vanuabalavu Airport.

Aerodrome
or Vanua Balavu Airport is an serving Vanua Balavu, the second largest of the in . It is operated by Airports Fiji Limited.

Vanua Balavu Island

Latitude
-17.23011° or 17° 13′ 48″ south
Longitude
-178.9464° or 178° 56′ 47″ west
Population
1,200
Elevation
1,214 metres (3,983 feet)
IATA airport code
VBV
United Nations Location Code
FJ VBV
Open location code
52J3Q393+XC
Geo­Names ID
4035843
Wiki­data ID
Q2291065
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Turkish—“Vanua Balavu 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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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 “Vanua Balavu Island”. Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 4.0.