Calvados Islands

Calvados Islands
NASA satellite image of the Calvados Islands
Waters	Solomon Lake
archipelago	Louisiade Archipelago
Geographical location	10 ° 43 ′  S , 152 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 10 ° 43 ′  S , 152 ° 22 ′  E
Number of islands	45
Main island	Pana Wina
Total land area	81 km²
Residents	1902 (2000)
Map of the Louisiade Archipelago, with the Calvados Islands in the western part

The Calvados Islands are a group of islands in the Solomon Sea . Politically, they belong to the Milne Bay province in the southeastern area of Papua New Guinea . You are within the Vanatinai Barrier Reef lagoon.

geography

General

The archipelago is part of the Louisiade archipelago . The group extends from Pana Vara Vara in the west to Hemenahei in the east over a distance of 87 km as the crow flies . The easternmost island of Hemenahei is only separated from the island of Pana Tinani, which is no longer part of the island chain, and the offshore small island of Nigao by the Magamaga Passage, which is only 890 meters wide at its narrowest point .

The islands rise up to 302 meters (Motorina) steeply from the sea and are either forested or overgrown with grass. Many islands are surrounded by their own reefs and small lagoons. In addition to the high islands, there are also numerous shallow coral islands and reefs.

Nine of the islands are inhabited, with a total of 1,902 inhabitants as of the 2000 census. The language is Misima-Paneati .

Island list

This table lists the Calvados Islands from west to east:

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap Island name Alias Coordinates Area km² Population 2000 Pana Vara Vara Rugged Island 11 ° 07 ′  S , 152 ° 18 ′  E 0.57 - Ehiki 11 ° 05 ′  S , 152 ° 19 ′  E 0.05 - Nasakoli 11 ° 07 ′  S , 152 ° 19 ′  E 0.01 - Panasia Real Island 11 ° 08 ′  S , 152 ° 20 ′  E 2.11 - No Ina Burnett Island 11 ° 05 ′  S , 152 ° 21 ′  E 0.13 - Rara 11 ° 02 ′  S , 152 ° 23 ′  E 0.17 - Pana Roba Sloss Island 11 ° 03 ′  S , 152 ° 24 ′  E 0.19 - Utian Brooker Island 11 ° 03 ′  S , 152 ° 27 ′  E 1.54 391 Pana Udu Udi 11 ° 03 ′  S , 152 ° 29 ′  E 0.69 - Pana Rora Eddystone Island 11 ° 06 ′  S , 152 ° 30 ′  E 0.81 - Toloi Awa 11 ° 03 ′  S , 152 ° 30 ′  E 0.13 - Gulewa 11 ° 03 ′  S , 152 ° 31 ′  E 0.59 14th Sibumbum 11 ° 02 ′  S , 152 ° 31 ′  E 0.01 - Tobaiam 11 ° 03 ′  S , 152 ° 31 ′  E 0.07 - Ululina 11 ° 05 ′  S , 152 ° 32 ′  E 0.59 - Venariwa Vanaliwa 11 ° 04 ′  S , 152 ° 32 ′  E 0.76 12 Saru Nom Nom 11 ° 02 ′  S , 152 ° 33 ′  E 0.07 - Motorina Mewstone Island 11 ° 05 ′  S , 152 ° 34 ′  E 7.79 577 Pana Tatoni 11 ° 02 ′  S , 152 ° 34 ′  E 0.04 - Ninan 11 ° 04 ′  S , 152 ° 35 ′  E 0.18 - Panua Keikeisa 11 ° 06 ′  S , 152 ° 36 ′  E 0.22 - Laiwan 11 ° 06 ′  S , 152 ° 38 ′  E 0.15 - Bonna Wan 11 ° 08 ′  S , 152 ° 39 ′  E 1.09 - Bagaman Stanton Island 11 ° 08 ′  S , 152 ° 41 ′  E 7.45 201 Aurobu 11 ° 09 ′  S , 152 ° 42 ′  E 0.05 - Gilia 11 ° 08 ′  S , 152 ° 43 ′  E 0.36 - Bobiana Huxley Island 11 ° 08 ′  S , 152 ° 44 ′  E 2.43 - Leiga 11 ° 08 ′  S , 152 ° 46 ′  E 0.05 - Mabneian 11 ° 07 ′  S , 152 ° 46 ′  E 0.38 - Pana Cuba 11 ° 08 ′  S , 152 ° 46 ′  E 0.10 - Pana Numara Panaumara 11 ° 09 ′  S , 152 ° 47 ′  E 1.93 139 (unnamed) 11 ° 09 ′  S , 152 ° 48 ′  E 0.09 - Yaruman 11 ° 08 ′  S , 152 ° 48 ′  E 0.37 - Nunuan 11 ° 09 ′  S , 152 ° 49 ′  E 0.13 - Panangaribu 11 ° 08 ′  S , 152 ° 49 ′  E 0.50 - Panantanian Sharp Island 11 ° 09 ′  S , 152 ° 50 ′  E 0.79 - Pana Krusima Earle Island 11 ° 09 ′  S , 152 ° 52 ′  E 1.47 - Einamu 11 ° 09 ′  S , 152 ° 53 ′  E 0.05 - Taifaur 11 ° 09 ′  S , 152 ° 54 ′  E 0.40 - Kuwanak Kuanak, Abagagaheia 11 ° 10 ′  S , 152 ° 55 ′  E 3.66 129 Gigila Nogui 11 ° 10 ′  S , 152 ° 56 ′  E 1.42 92 Waia 11 ° 11 ′  S , 152 ° 57 ′  E 0.08 - Yakimoan 11 ° 10 ′  S , 152 ° 58 ′  E 0.31 - Pana Wina Panawina, Kaluma 11 ° 11 ′  S , 153 ° 00 ′  E 30.55 347 Hemenahei 11 ° 09 ′  S , 153 ° 04 ′  E 10.24 -

administration

The entire archipelago belongs to the Samarai-Murua District of Milne Bay Province. The two easternmost islands, Pana Wina and Hemenahei, belong to the Yaleyemba Rural LLG (Local Level Government) Area, all other islands west of it to the Louisiade Rural LLG.

Web links

• Calvados Chain on Oceandots.com (more information & pictures) ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
• Topographic map 1943 Map sheet 1: 500,000 SC56-5 Louisiade Archipelago

Individual evidence

1. ↑ All 24,390 geocoded census units in PNG from the 2000 census ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ M. Paul Lewis (ed.) Misima-Paneati, A language of Papua New Guinea Ethnologue: Languages ​​of the World, SIL International, Dallas 2009
3. ↑ Arthur Wichman (ed.): History of the discovery of New Guinea (until 1828). Vol. 1, EJ Brill, Leiden 1909, p. 72