Deboyne Islands

Deboyne Islands
NASA satellite image of the Deboyne 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	8th
Main island	Panaeati
Total land area	38 km²
Residents	1710 (2004)
Deboyne I s in the northwest of the map of the Louisiade Archipelago

The Deboyne 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 13 km from Misima and 5 km from the Torlesse Islands .

The main islands of the group are Panaeati, the northernmost island, (30.32 km²) with the small island Pana Uya Wana Island in the southeast , and Panapompom in the center of the lagoon (7.72 km²) with the small island Nivani in the south. A more recent source gives areas of 30.1 and 6.8 km² for the two largest islands in the group.

Table of the islands

Overview of the Deboyne Islands:  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Island name	Coordinates	Area (km²)	2004 residents
Panaeati	10 ° 42 '  S , 152 ° 23'  E	30.10	1,318
Pana Uya Wana	10 ° 44 ′  S , 152 ° 25 ′  E	0.36	-
Losai	10 ° 45 ′  S , 152 ° 27 ′  E	0.01	-
Panapompom	10 ° 46 ′  S , 152 ° 24 ′  E	6.80	392
Nivani	10 ° 47 '  S , 152 ° 24'  E	0.50	-
passage	10 ° 48 ′  S , 152 ° 29 ′  E	0.06	-
Rara	10 ° 49 ′  S , 152 ° 30 ′  E	0.14	-
Nibub	10 ° 51 ′  S , 152 ° 26 ′  E	0.02	-

history

In 1793 Joseph Bruny d'Entrecasteaux discovered the archipelago and named it after Pierre Étienne Bourgeois de Boynes, the then naval and colonial minister of France .

population

In 2004, there were 1318 people in 254 households on Panaeati and 392 people in 84 households on Panapompom.

Compared to the 2000 census, these numbers have hardly changed: 1717 inhabitants in total, of which 1314 inhabitants in nine villages and a separate facility on Panaeati, and 403 inhabitants in three villages on Panapompom. In addition, an uninhabited village was listed on each of the two inhabited islands.

The ten settlements on the main island of Panaeati are all located on the south coast of the island, which faces the lagoon.

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Census Unit Number	Surname	Ward	households	Population male	Population female	population total	Coordinates
003	West Panaeati	22 West Panaeati	0	0	0	0	10.6991 °  S , 152.3773 °  O
004	Panakakamwa	22 West Panaeati	27	72	56	128	10.7008 °  S , 152.3651 °  O
005	Namati	22 West Panaeati	48	112	111	223	10.7024 °  S , 152.3629 °  O
006	Miteli	22 West Panaeati	16	36	38	74	10.7055 °  S , 152.3585 °  O
007	Siakeu	22 West Panaeati	21st	60	53	113	10.7094 °  S , 152.3555 °  O
008	Nulia	22 West Panaeati	16	33	36	69	10.7083 °  S , 152.3434 °  O
001	Palualual	23 East Panaeati	43	105	105	210	10.6985 °  S , 152.3693 °  O
002	Maggiau	23 East Panaeati	22nd	57	74	131	10.6982 °  S , 152.3733 °  O
003	Bwaganati	23 East Panaeati	47	112	112	224	10.699 °  S , 152.3755 °  O
004	Living whale	23 East Panaeati	15th	52	40	92	10.7044 °  S , 152.3916 °  O
007	East Panaeati Sub Health Center	23 East Panaeati	13	27	23	50	10.7018 °  S , 152.3662 °  O
004	Panapompom	24 Panapompom	0	0	0	0	10.7623 °  S , 152.3934 °  O
005	Nulia	24 Panapompom	31	71	85	156	10.7804 °  S , 152.3957 °  O
006	Galowawaisana	24 Panapompom	32	71	62	133	10.7543 °  S , 152.3982 °  O
007	Panewau	24 Panapompom	23	57	57	114	10.7615 °  S , 152.4067 °  O

Other small uninhabited islands, all on the east side of the atoll, are Losai Island, Passage Island, Rara Island, and Nibub Islet.

Misima-Paneati is spoken on the islands , a language that is also used by the inhabitants of the Calvados Islands , but 90% of whose speakers live on Misima.

Web links

• Deboyne Islands, Oceandots.com (further information & pictures) ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (engl.)
• Deboyne Group. Bird Checklist (PDF; 110 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harold Heatwole: Biogeography of Reptiles on some of the islands and cays of Eastern Papua-New Guinea. Atoll Research Bulletin No. 180, January 15, 1975 ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 201 kB)  
2. ^ Sustainable Land Use and Nutrition Program: Adaptation of Farming Methods on Small Islands in the Samarai-Murua District of the Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. January 2004 (PDF; 1.3 MB)
3. ↑ Sustainable Land Use and Nutrition Program: Adaptation of Farming Methods on Small Islands in the Samarai-Murua District of the Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 201 kB)  
4. ^ Census 2000, Milne Bay Province, Samarai-Murua District
5. ↑ M. Paul Lewis (ed.) Misima-Paneati, A language of Papua New Guinea Ethnologue: Languages ​​of the World, SIL International, Dallas 2009.