Torres Airport

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Torres Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Torres Islands, Torba, Vanuatu
Location Linua
Coordinates 13°19′39″S166°38′18″E / 13.32750°S 166.63833°E / -13.32750; 166.63833
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Location of airport in Vanuatu
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Torres Airport( IATA : TOH, ICAO : NVSD) is an airfield serving the Torres Islands in the Torba province in Vanuatu. [3] It is located on Linua island, just north of Lo (or Loh) island. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Airport information for Loh/Linua, Torba, Vanuatu (NVSD / TOH) at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Torres Airstrip coordinates from WikiMapia
  3. Gajdusek, D. Carleton (1985). Journal of a medical and population genetic survey expedition of the Research Vessel Alpha Helix to the Banks and Torres Islands of the New Hebrides, Southern Islands of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate and Pingelap Atoll, Eastern Caroline Islands : September 8, 1972 to November 26, 1972. OCLC   249205198.