Lifou is a French commune in the Loyalty Islands Province of New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean.
The cliffs of Xodre in Lifou
Orbital photo of Lifou Island taken from space, November 1990. Courtesy of NASA.
Coral reef off Lifou Island
New Caledonia is a French territory consisting of a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 220 km southwest of Vanuatu and 1,210 km east of Australia. Located 16,100 km from Metropolitan Fra
Chief King Jacques and his Queen, from The Romance of the South Seas, Clement Lindley Wragge, Chatto & Windus, 1906
Jean Lèques during a ceremony honouring U.S. service members who helped ensure the freedom of New Caledonia during World War II
Coral reefs of New Caledonia from ISS, September 9, 2020