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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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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Wallis and Futuna
  • Also known as: “Île Uvéa”, “Ouvéa”, and “Wallis”

Places of Interest

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

Lake
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a volcanic crater lake surrounded by jungle, in the southwest of the island of Wallis in the Pacific Ocean. The largest lake on the island, it lies off Route 1 between the coastal village of Mala'etoli and .

Church
Photo: Brigitte & Heinz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, also known as Matâ'Utu Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of , located in the town of on Uvea, in .

Photo: Vinean10, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a lake on the southeastern side of Wallis in the French overseas collectivity of , South Pacific. It is marginally the second lake largest lake on the island after , although is not rounded like Lalolalo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mata-Utu and Ahoa.

Town
Photo: Vinean10, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the capital city of , an overseas collectivity of France. It is located on the of Uvéa, in the district of Hahake, of which it is also the capital.

Village
is a village in . It is located in Hahake District on the west coast of Wallis Island. Its population, according to the 2018 census, was 436 people.

Village
Photo: Brigitte & Heinz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in . It is one of 7 villages located in the Hahake District on the east coast of Wallis Island. Its population according to the 2023 census was 550 people.

Wallis Island

Latitude
-13.2846° or 13° 17′ 5″ south
Longitude
-176.2066° or 176° 12′ 24″ west
Population
10,000
Elevation
106 metres (348 feet)
IATA airport code
WLS
Open location code
52R5PQ8V+48
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22382439
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
4034758
Wiki­data ID
Q489003
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Satellite Map

Discover Wallis Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • 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”
  • Ukrainian: “Увеа (Волліс і Футуна)”
  • Ukrainian: “Увеа”
  • Vietnamese: “Wallis”
  • Wallisian: “‘Uvea”
  • Wallisian: “Uvea”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Wallis Island”. Photo: Vinean10, CC BY-SA 4.0.