Driving Directions New Caledonia
NEW CALEDONIA or Nouvelle Calédonie is the most southerly of the Melanesian countries in the Pacific Ocean. It is a French overseas territory, but there has been ongoing unrest in the country between the indigenous Melanesians and the French settlers over the question of independence.
The main island, Nouvelle Calédonie, is 400 kilometers or 248 miles long and rises to a height of 1,639 meters or 5,377 feet at Mount Panie.