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Geo : geography - geology

Archipelagoes of New-Caledonia
Climate
Grande Terre coasts : West, East, North, South
Distances and sizes
Geology of New-Caledonia
Geological map
Longitude, latitude, time
Mountains
Island or archipelago
"Grand Récif" and lagoons
Rivers, lakes and mangroves
Geology - ultrabasic massifsd or "terrains miniers"

Biodiversity

a remarkable biodiversity
Land animals of New-Caledonia
Sea fish of New-Caledonia
Lagoon fish
Large fish of the EEZ
Reefs fish
And sharks?
New-Caledonian plants

History

Discovery of New-Caledonia and Europeans contacts
Whalers
Shipwrecks in New-Caledonia
1878 : the great Kanak rebellion
Penal colony : "transportation", relegation, deportation
Mystery of the disapearance of Monsieur de Lapérouse
Noumea : foundation and settlements

People

New-Caledonian people
Melanesian people, clan and tradition
Melanesian reserves
French language of New-Caledonia : dictionary of New-Caledonian to French
New-Caledonia status
Health
Gratte (or Ciguatera)
New-Caledonia cuisine
Housing - The old houses of "colonial" or "louisiane" style
Colonial houses - hidden beauties
colonial houses - the square towers
Colonial houses - small but pretty
colonial houses - vividly coloured beauties
The capital city : Noumea
Noumea : places
Noumea : beaches and coves

Economy

Indicators
Transport Infrastructure of New-Caledonia
The mining country
Nickel - the resource
Nickel - Mining and metallurgy
La Zone Economique Exclusive de la Nouvelle-Calédonie

Landscapes

Landscapes of New-Caledonia

Links

Links and info

Annexures

Geo : geography - geology

Tropical cyclone Erica, march 2003
Gondwana super-continent
Ultrabasic rocks: peridotites and serpentinites
Lagoons areas

Biodiversity

Fish
Needlefish
Spangled emperor
Golden trevally
Bluespine unicornfish
Brownstripe red snapper
Moontail bullseye
Morray
Humphead wrasse
Butterflyfish
Parrotfish
Eyestripe surgeonfish
Bluespotted stingray
Leopard coralgrouper
Narrow-barred Spanish mackerels
Plants
Cyatea
pinus
flowers 1
flowers 2
flowers 3
flowers 4
trees 1
trees 2

History and people

The 1917 rebellion
Regulations establishing reserves
baby-cars
Convicts settlers
Little stories and gossips within the history of Société Minière du Diahot
Whalers descendants in New-Caledonia
Female convicts in New-Caledonia
associations Fortunes de mer calédoniennes and Salomon
Tongues and dialects of New-Caledonia
Vanishing of the Monique
Wrecked whaling ships
Paddon stores for whalers
Five clues indicating that de la Pérouse visited New-Caledonia
"Pétrolettes" of Nou island
Whales products
Whalers in New-Caledonia
Retired whalers in New-Caledonia

Economy

Cobalt production in New-Caledonia
Euro and CFP Franc
Fern-Hill gold mine
Goro mining leases history
Balade and Murat-Bruat copper mines
Pilou-Nemou Mine
"îlot Charbon"
"Terrains miniers" (mining grounds)