Province

South

New Caledonia · Oceania

South is a province of New Caledonia, in Oceania. It lies on the Australian Plate. Records include 9 tsunamis observed on its coasts and 1 cyclone crossing it with hurricane-force winds.

Tectonic Plates

• Australian Plate

Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts

• 2022Tonga Islands, Tonga · 22.0 m6 deaths
• 2018Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia · 4.0 m
• 2017South Mexico, Mexico · 2.7 m98 deaths
• 2016Solomon Islands · 0.4 m1 deaths
• 2014Northern Chile, Chile · 4.6 m7 deaths
• 2013Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands · 11.0 m10 deaths
• 2012British Columbia, Canada · 13.0 m1 deaths
• 1952Kamchatka, Russia · 23.0 m10,000 deaths
• 1942New Caledonia · 3.0 m

Tropical Cyclones

• 2003Cyclone EricaCat. 4

• Country Profile · New Caledonia

Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002