Theme Week New Caledonia

21 September 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  6 minutes

Île des Pins - Traditional pirogue © Bruno.Menetrier

Île des Pins – Traditional pirogue © Bruno.Menetrier

New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia and 16,136 km (10,026 mi) east of Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. Locals refer to Grande Terre as Le Caillou (“the pebble”). New Caledonia has a land area of 18,576 km2 (7,172 sq mi). Its population is at 269,000.   read more…

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