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Lord Howe Island

Lord Howe Island is a UNESCO world heritage declared island around 600 km off the coast of . A place of unique beauty with volcanic mountains and rainforest lying between surf and lagoon beaches.
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  • Type: Town with 370 residents
  • Description: island in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of New South Wales
  • Also known as: “Lord Howe Island, New South Wales”, “Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia”, and “Lord Howe’s Island”
Photo: Inas66, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lord Howe Island Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport providing air transportation to Lord Howe Island. It is operated by the Lord Howe Island Board. Prior to its opening in September 1974, Lord Howe Island was served by flying boats from .

Lord Howe Island

Latitude
-31.5234° or 31° 31′ 24″ south
Longitude
159.0637° or 159° 3′ 49″ east
Population
370
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport code
LDH
United Nations Location Code
AU LDH
Open location code
4RWXF3G7+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 114653216
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6930427
Wiki­data ID
Q104784
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Satellite Map

Discover Lord Howe Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lord Howe Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Lord Howe-eiland”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة لورد هاو”
  • Armenian: “Լորդ Հաու կղզի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lord Houv adası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lord-Hau adası”
  • Balinese: “Nusa Lord Howe”
  • Basque: “Lord Howe uhartea”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Лорд-Хау”
  • Belarusian: “Лорд-Гаў”
  • Belarusian: “Лорд-Хау”
  • Bengali: “লর্ডহাউ দ্বীপ”
  • Breton: “Enez Lord Howe”
  • Bulgarian: “Лорд Хау”
  • Burmese: “လော့ဒ်ဟိုးကျွန်း”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Lord Howe”
  • Catalan: “Illa Lord Howe”
  • Cebuano: “Lord Howe Island”
  • Chinese: “羅得豪島”
  • Chinese: “豪勋爵岛”
  • Chinese: “豪勋爵群岛”
  • Chinese: “豪勳爵島”
  • Chinese: “豪爵島”
  • Croatian: “Lord Howe”
  • Croatian: “Otok Lord Howe”
  • Czech: “Ostrov lorda Howa”
  • Czech: “Ostrov Lorda Howa”
  • Czech: “Ostrov lorda Howea”
  • Danish: “Lord Howe Island”
  • Danish: “Lord Howe øen”
  • Dutch: “Lord Howe Island”
  • Dutch: “Lord Howe-eiland”
  • Dutch: “Lord Howe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره لورد هاو”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo de Lord Howe”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Lord Howe”
  • Finnish: “Lord Howe Island”
  • Finnish: “Lord Howe”
  • Finnish: “Lord Howen saari”
  • French: “Île de Lord Howe”
  • French: “Ile Lord Howe”
  • French: “île Lord Howe”
  • French: “Île Lord Howe”
  • French: “Lord Howe”
  • Galician: “Illas de Lord Howe”
  • Georgian: “ლორდ ჰაუ”
  • Georgian: “ლორდ-ჰაუ”
  • Georgian: “ლორდ-ჰაუს კუნძულების ჯგუფი”
  • German: “Lord Howe Island”
  • German: “Lord-Howe-Insel”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Λορντ Χάου”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Λορντ Χάουι”
  • Greek: “Σύμπλεγμα Νήσων Λορντ Χάουι”
  • Hebrew: “אי הלורד האו”
  • Hebrew: “ארכיפלג הלורד האו”
  • Hebrew: “ארכיפלג לורד האו”
  • Hungarian: “Lord Howe-sziget”
  • Hungarian: “Lord Howe-szigetcsoport”
  • Indonesian: “Lord Howe Island”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Lord Howe”
  • Italian: “isola di Lord Howe”
  • Italian: “Isola di Lord Howe”
  • Italian: “Lord Howe Island”
  • Japanese: “ロード・ハウ島”
  • Japanese: “ロードハウ島”
  • Kirghiz: “Лорд-Хау аралы”
  • Kölsch: “Lord-Houw-Insele”
  • Korean: “로드하우섬”
  • Latvian: “Lorda Hava sala”
  • Lithuanian: “Lordo Hau sala”
  • Low German: “Lord-Howe-Eiland”
  • Luxembourgish: “Lord-Howe-Insel”
  • Macedonian: “Лорд Хау”
  • Malay: “Pulau Lord Howe”
  • Malayalam: “ലോർഡ് ഹോവ് ദ്വീപ്”
  • Maltese: “Gżira Lord Howe”
  • Maltese: “Gżira ta‘ Lord Howe”
  • Maltese: “Gżira ta’ Lord Howe”
  • Maori: “Motu Rōre Hau”
  • Mongolian: “Лорд Хау арал”
  • Nepali: “लर्ड होवे टापु”
  • Nepali: “लर्ड होवे टापू”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lord-Howe-Eilun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lord Howe Island”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lord Howe-øya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lord Howe-øya”
  • Norwegian: “Lord Howe-øya”
  • Persian: “جزیره لرد هاوو”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ لرد هاوو”
  • Persian: “جزیره های لورد هووی”
  • Persian: “جزیره‌های لورد هووی”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Lord Howe Ailen”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Lord Howe”
  • Polish: “Lord Howe”
  • Portuguese: “Arquipélago de Lord Howe”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Lord Howe”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Lord Howe”
  • Romanian: “Insula Lord Howe”
  • Romanian: “Lord Howe Island”
  • Russian: “Лорд-Хау-Айленд”
  • Russian: “Лорд-Хау”
  • Russian: “Остров Лорд-Хау”
  • Serbian: “Lord Hau”
  • Serbian: “Лорд Хау”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lord Howe”
  • Slovak: “Ostrov lorda Howa”
  • Slovenian: “Otok Lord Howe”
  • Slovenian: “Otok lorda Howa”
  • Spanish: “Archipielago Lord Howe”
  • Spanish: “Archipiélago Lord Howe”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Lord Howe”
  • Spanish: “Isla Lord Howe”
  • Swedish: “Lord Howe Island”
  • Swedish: “Lord Howeön”
  • Tamil: “லோர்ட் ஹவ் தீவு”
  • Tamil: “லோர்ட் ஹாவ் தீவு”
  • Thai: “เกาะลอร์ดฮาว”
  • Turkish: “Lord Howe Adası”
  • Turkish: “Lord Howe Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Лорд-Гав”
  • Ukrainian: “Лорд-Хау”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Lord Howe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Isla Lord Howe”
  • Welsh: “Ynys yr Arglwydd Howe”
  • Western Armenian: “Լորտ Հաու Կղզի”
  • Western Frisian: “Lord Howe”
  • Western Mari: “Лорд-Хау”
  • Wu Chinese: “豪勋爵岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “豪勳爵島”

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