Col de Tango - New Caledonia
Posted by: waiiti20
S 20° 59.268 E 165° 01.126
58K E 501950 N 7679202
Col de Tango, on one of the cross-island roads on Grand Terre
Waymark Code: WMP863
Location: New Caledonia
Date Posted: 07/18/2015
Views: 2
The Route Provinciale Nord 2 (RPN2), better known as the “Koné-Tiwaka”, is the main cross-country road between the east and west coasts of the main island, and connects Koné to Touho in about an hour. Inaugurated in 2000 and 71 km long, it offers a route of exceptional beauty, winding in the midst of the mountain chain past the rivers, with rest and bathing areas and magnificent lookouts. The Col de Tango [Tango pass] rest area offers a unique panorama, from the lagoon and the Koné and Pouembout plain on the right, to the peaks of the central mountain chain on the left, and in between the Tia plateau, the Kopeto mining massif and the tribal villages in the valley below.
Describe - Highway or Road number: Transversale Koné Tiwaka
Closest town or city: Koné & Tiwaka
Number of parking spots available: 30
Winter View: yes
Summer View: yes
Year around access ?: yes
Comfort station on site: no
Is a photo of an "Information Sign"included?: Yes
Name if a website describes this location.: Not listed
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