Nourméa. Another severe earthquake: this time it hit New Caledonia. The US Earthquake Monitoring Service (USGS) put the magnitude at 7.5 on Wednesday, the US Weather Service at 7.6.
But where is the archipelago actually located? In the South Pacific, east of Australia in the Pacific Ocean. However, New Caledonia – sometimes called “Nova Scotia” in German – does not belong to Australia, but to France.
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Where exactly is New Caledonia located?
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