Alotau
in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
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Gurney Airport (8 mi) - Losuia Airport (132 mi)
- Misima Island Airport (164 mi)
- Girua Airport (180 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -10.315 and 150.457 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -10° 18' 54" and E 150° 27' 26"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Kina - PGK
- Spoken languages:
- English, Hiri Motu
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:44 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Pacific/Port_Moresby
- UTC/GMT offset: 10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:25 am and 6:02 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 14.867 and -24.750 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Faja - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Papua New Guinea.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Papua New Guinea. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Alotau
Alotau in Milne Bay Province with it's 10,025 inhabitants is located in Papua New Guinea about 231 mi (or 372 km) east of Port Moresby, the country's capital.
Local time in Alotau is now 07:44 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Pacific / Port Moresby with an UTC offset of 10 hours. We know of 4 airports in the wider vicinity of Alotau. The closest airport in Papua New Guinea is Gurney Airport in a distance of 8 mi (or 14 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Popondetta, Kwikila, Kokoda, Port Moresby and Lae. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Alotau International Hotel
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Swinger Bay
Swinger Bay is a bay on the north west shore of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Named by John Moresby after HMS Swinger. It is also known as Stringer Bay. Swinger Bay was selected as a site for an amphibious training centre in 1943 during World War II, which relocated from HMAS Assault, Port Stephens, Australia. Construction started in late 1943 by a detachment of the 91st Naval Construction Battalion, who were relieved by 105th Naval Construction Battalion in January 1944.
Alotau District
Alotau District is a district of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The population of the district was 74,116 at the 2000 census.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Alotau.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Alotau, آلوتائو, GUR, アロタウ, Алотау, 阿洛陶
