Wallis Island

Wallis Island is the largest island in the Wallis Islands group of . It is surrounded by 15 smaller islands, all of which are uninhabited.
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  • Island
  • …has 10,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 106 metres (348 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code WLS
  • Description: island in Wallis and Futuna
  • Also known as
    “Île Uvéa”
    “Ouvéa”
    “Wallis”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Lalolalo and Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Mata-Utu.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mata-Utu and Ahoa.
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Wallis Island

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Latitude
-13.2846° or 13° 17′ 5″ south
Longitude
-176.2066° or 176° 12′ 24″ west
Open location code
52R5PQ8V+48
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Wallisian—“Wallis Island” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Islla Wallis”
  • Bavarian: “Uvea”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Увеа, Уоліс і Футуна”
  • Belarusian: “Увеа”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Wallis”
  • Catalan: “illa Wallis”
  • Catalan: “Illa Wallis”
  • Cebuano: “Wallis Island”
  • Chinese: “沃利斯群島”
  • Chinese: “瓦利斯岛”
  • Chinese: “瓦利斯島”
  • Czech: “Uvea”
  • Czech: “Wallis”
  • Danish: “Uvea”
  • Dutch: “Wallis (eiland)”
  • Dutch: “Wallis”
  • Finnish: “Wallis”
  • French: “Ile Uea”
  • French: “Île Uvea”
  • French: “Uvea”
  • French: “Wallis”
  • Galician: “Wallis, Wallis e Futuna”
  • Georgian: “უვეა”
  • German: “Uvea”
  • German: “Wallis-Insel”
  • German: “Wallis”
  • Greek: “Ουώλλις (νησί)”
  • Greek: “Ουώλλις”
  • Hebrew: “ואליס”
  • Italian: “Wallis”
  • Japanese: “ウベア島”
  • Kurdish: “Dûrgeha Wallîs”
  • Latin: “Uvea”
  • Lithuanian: “Volisas”
  • Macedonian: “Валисов Остров”
  • Macedonian: “Увеа”
  • Macedonian: “Увеја”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Uvea”
  • Norwegian: “Uvea”
  • Persian: “جزیره والیس”
  • Polish: “Uvea”
  • Portuguese: “Wallis”
  • Romanian: “Insula Wallis”
  • Russian: “Увеа (Уоллис и Футуна)”
  • Russian: “Увеа”
  • Slovak: “Uvea”
  • Slovak: “Wallis”
  • Slovenian: “Uvea”
  • Slovenian: “Wallis”
  • Spanish: “Isla Wallis”
  • Swedish: “Uvea”
  • Swedish: “Wallisön”
  • Turkish: “Wallis”
  • Ukrainian: “Увеа (Волліс і Футуна)”
  • Ukrainian: “Увеа”
  • Vietnamese: “Wallis”
  • Wallisian: “‘Uvea”
  • Wallisian: “Uvea”

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