Ouen island
The Île Ouen is a island of the archipelago New Caledonian.
Located at the south of the Woodin channel, halfway between Noumea and the island of the Pines, this large island was discovered at the 19th century by an English santalier. Detached fragment of the continental mass, it is a highland, notched in the east by the deep handles of Kumbé and Port-Kuté. Its population is concentrated in the village of Ouara, nested in a cocoteraie. This island is especially known for its tortoises and its old mine of Jade.
The Large Ground, principal island, especially covered of savanna and bush, was seriously impoverished by erosion: result of an anarchistic deforestation and a pasture left with the cattle in freedom. The Ouen Island, not far from Noumea, is an example of the relief calédonien: the cultivable grounds of good quality cover less than 3 per 100 of the total surface area and are very threatened by gullying.
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