Loyalty Islands Province, Administrative province in New Caledonia, France.
The Loyalty Islands Province encompasses an archipelago of six inhabited islands including Lifou, Maré, Ouvéa, and Tiga, covering 1,981 square kilometers in the Pacific Ocean.
British Captain William Raven of the whaler Britannia made the first recorded Western contact with the islands in 1793 during his journey from Norfolk Island to Batavia.
The province population consists of Melanesian Kanak people and Polynesians who maintain their languages, with Kanak representing 96.6 percent of the 18,353 inhabitants.
Transportation between islands operates through regular ferry services and small aircraft, while the provincial government manages local affairs from its seat in Lifou.
The islands emerge from an ancient volcanic arc with complex karst networks, reaching their highest point at 138 meters above sea level on Maré Island.
Location: Nouvelle-Calédonie
Address: Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia
GPS coordinates: -20.97380,167.12365
Latest update: March 6, 2025 09:01
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