Ouvéa Island

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Ouvéa Island is one of the Loyalty Islands, in the archipelago of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The island is part of the commune (municipality) of Ouvéa, in the Islands Province of New Caledonia.

The crescent-shaped island, which belongs to a larger atoll, is 50 km (30 miles) long and 7 km (4.5 miles) wide. It lies northeast of Grande Terre, New Caledonia's mainland.

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