Arawe Islands
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| Waters | Solomon Lake | |
| archipelago | Bismarck Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 6 ° 10 ′ S , 149 ° 1 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | approx. 30 | |
| Main island | Kumbun | |
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The Arawe Islands (also called Lovely Islands ) are a Pacific island group southwest of New Britain and belong to Papua New Guinea . They are off the south coast of New Britain around Cape Merkus , which is sometimes called Arawe .
The group consists of several dozen smaller and larger islands, of which only four (Kumbun, Pililo, Maklo and Kauptamete) are inhabited, according to information from the early 1990s. Current aerial photographs also show settlement on the island of Arawe. The residents speak a language called Arawe , which is also spoken in southwest New Britain. A total of 2,200 speakers of the Arawe or Solong language, which is one of the oceanic languages , were given (for 1981) . Politically, the archipelago belongs to the province of West New Britain .
history
In pre-colonial times, the Arawe Islands served as an important trading post in Melanesia's trade and exchange network.
During the Second World War, the islands became famous for the Battle of Arawe between Allied and Japanese troops at the turn of the year 1943/44.
Main islands
- Kumbun , size indicated 5 km²
- Maklo , 3 km²
- Kauptimete (also Kauptamete )
- Arawe (also Adwe ), 0.8 km²
- Pililo (also Pilelo ), 2.5 km²
- Agussak (also Ausak ), 1.3 km²
Individual evidence
- ↑ Waldemar Stöhr, Willy Foy, Klaus Clausmeyer 1987: Ethnologica ( online preview )
- ↑ International Ocean Institute: Traditional Marine Tenure and Sustainable Management of Marine Resources in Asia and the Pacific: Proceedings of the International Workshop, 4. – 8. July 1994
- ^ Georg F. Meier, Barbara Meier 1979: Handbook of Linguistics and Communication Science. Volume 1: Language, Origin of Language, Languages ( online preview )
- ↑ Hartmut Motz: Languages und Völker der Erde - Linguistic-Ethnographic Lexicon, 2007, available online at langwhich.com: Solong , accessed on September 22, 2014.
- ↑ Hermann Mückler: Introduction to the Ethnology of Oceania. Vienna 2009: Facultas. ( online preview )
- ↑ Jim Specht: Small islands in the big picture: the formative period of Lapita in the Bismarck Archipelago , accessed September 22, 2014.