Chesterfield Islands (
îles Chesterfield in French) is a French
archipelago of
New Caledonia located in the
Coral Sea, 550 km northwest of
Grande Terre, the main island of New Caledonia. The archipelago is 120 km long and 70 km broad, made up of 11 islets and many reefs. The land area of the islands is less than 10 km².