Bonvouloir Islands
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| Waters | Solomon Lake | |
| archipelago | Louisiade Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 10 ° 15 ′ S , 151 ° 52 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 7th | |
| Main island | East Island | |
| Total land area | 5.71 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Bonvouloir Islands are an uninhabited group of islands in the Solomon Sea . Politically, they belong to the Milne Bay province in the southeastern area of Papua New Guinea .
The islands are located 100 km northwest of Misima and form the northernmost group of the Louisiade archipelago .
The main islands are East Island , Hastings Island and Strathord Island , located in the northwest subgroup of the Strathord Islands .
East Island is 16 miles east of Hastings Island, and Strathord Island is 9 miles north of Hastings Island. Hastings Island is densely forested, rocky, with 200 m high cliffs and has a number of caves.
Islands
Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap
| Surname | Coordinates | Subgroup | Area km² |
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| North Island | 10 ° 13 ′ 29 ″ S, 151 ° 52 ′ 1 ″ E | Strathord Islands | 0.18 | Northwest |
| Middle Island | 10 ° 14 ′ 13 ″ S, 151 ° 51 ′ 51 ″ E | Strathord Islands | 0.08 | Northwest |
| Amanuta | 10 ° 14 ′ 32 ″ S, 151 ° 51 ′ 41 ″ E | Strathord Islands | 0.05 | Northwest |
| ( unnamed ) | 10 ° 15 ′ 17 ″ S, 151 ° 50 ′ 59 ″ E | Strathord Islands | 0.04 | Northwest |
| Strathord Island | 10 ° 15 ′ 22 ″ S, 151 ° 51 ′ 36 ″ E | Strathord Islands | 0.99 | Northwest |
| Hastings Island | 10 ° 20 ′ 12 ″ S, 151 ° 52 ′ 35 ″ E | 1.26 | southwest | |
| East Island | 10 ° 23 ′ 43 ″ S, 152 ° 6 ′ 16 ″ E | 3.12 | southeast |