Lae

Papua New Guinea / Morobe / Lae /
 city, capital city of state/province/region

Capital city of Morobe province. The airport in Lae was where Amelia Earhart took off in her plane on the way to Howland Island in 1937. Attempting a circumnavigation, she disappeared with navigator Fred Noonan.
The city is known as the Garden City and home of the University of Technology.
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Coordinates:   6°40'32"S   147°0'25"E