Credner Islands

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Credner Islands
NASA satellite image of the Credner Islands
NASA satellite image of the Credner Islands
Waters Bismarcksee
archipelago Bismarck Archipelago
Geographical location 4 ° 16 ′  S , 152 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 4 ° 16 ′  S , 152 ° 20 ′  E
Credner Islands (Papua New Guinea)
Credner Islands
Number of islands 2
Main island Big pigeon
Total land area 0.3 km²
Map of the Duke of York Islands; Credner Islands in the southwest (bottom left)
Map of the Duke of York Islands;
Credner Islands in the southwest (bottom left)

The Credner Islands (in German colonial times also Taubeninseln , also called Pigeon Islands in English ) are a small Pacific archipelago of Papua New Guinea , located in the St. George's Channel 7 km north of the Gazelle Peninsula of the island of New Britain and approx km southwest of Kabakon , the most southwestern island in the Duke of York Islands . The islands were named after the geologist Hermann Credner .

The group consists of the inhabited island of Big Pigeon and the uninhabited island of Pigeon . Politically, both islands belong to the province of East New Britain .

literature

  • Keyword: St. Georgs Canal. Online in: Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon, Volume I, Leipzig 1920, p. 279.