Fergusson Island

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Fergusson
Houses on Fergusson Island (sketch by Otto Finsch 1884–1885)
Houses on Fergusson Island (sketch by Otto Finsch 1884–1885)
Waters Solomon Lake
Archipelago D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Geographical location 9 ° 30 ′  S , 150 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 9 ° 30 ′  S , 150 ° 40 ′  E
Fergusson Island (Papua New Guinea)
Fergusson Island
length 65 km
width 48 km
surface 1 437  km²
Highest elevation Mount Kilkerran
2073  m
Residents 21,842 (2000)
15 inhabitants / km²
main place Salamo
Topographic map of Fergusson Island
Topographic map of Fergusson Island

Moratau , the "Fergusson Island", is a volcanic , approximately 1437 km² island in the Pacific Ocean . It is the largest of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands , which are part of the Milne Bay Province in Papua New Guinea . In the north, the minimal 3.9 km wide Moresby Strait separates Fergusson from Goodenough Island . A few kilometers south of Fergusson Island is Normanby Island , from which it is separated by the 3.4 km wide Dawson Strait .

Villages

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of the Villages section : OSM
The following 48 villages and a separate facility ( Mapamoiwa Station ) are located on Fergusson Island, mostly near the coast:

Census
Unit
Number 		Surname Local
level
government 		Ward households Population
male 		Population
female 		population
total 		Coordinates
007 Fayayana West Fergusson Rural 01 Fayayana 114 270 280 550 9.6589 °  S , 150.6499 °  O
002 Ailuluai West Fergusson Rural 02 Ailuluai 172 328 312 640 9.6471 °  S , 150.6209 °  O
022 Ukeokeo West Fergusson Rural 03 Ukeokeo 146 391 396 787 9.6292 °  S , 150.588 °  O
020 Toagesi West Fergusson Rural 04 Toagesi 90 212 213 425 9.6215 °  S , 150.5431 °  O
013 Igwageta West Fergusson Rural 05 Igwageta 62 141 137 278 9.6287 °  S , 150.4933 °  O
015 Kukuya West Fergusson Rural 06 Kukuya 82 179 191 370 9.6389 °  S , 150.4689 °  O
012 Ibwananiu West Fergusson Rural 07 Ibwananiu 106 274 246 520 9.6336 °  S , 150.4455 °  O
016 Mapamoiwa West Fergusson Rural 08 Mapamoiwa 94 246 207 453 9.6031 °  S , 150.4373 °  O
501 Mapamoiwa Station West Fergusson Rural 08 Mapamoiwa 26th 75 69 144 9.6118 °  S , 150.4372 °  O
006 Fagululu West Fergusson Rural 09 Fagululu 156 289 274 563 9.5399 °  S , 150.5365 °  O
010 Iamalele No. 1 (South) West Fergusson Rural 10 Iamalele South 117 310 272 582 9,489 °  S , 150.5428 °  O
011 Iamalele No. 2 (North) West Fergusson Rural 11 Iamalele North 55 148 141 289 9.4869 °  S , 150.5561 °  O
008 Gewata West Fergusson Rural 12 Gewata 79 187 159 346 9.4786 °  S , 150.4793 °  O
019 Saibutu West Fergusson Rural 13 Saibutu 73 226 175 401 9.4734 °  S , 150.561 °  O
018 Niubuo West Fergusson Rural 14 Niubuo 35 91 102 193 9.5404 °  S , 150.6217 °  O
005 Ebadidi West Fergusson Rural 15 Ebadidi 34 132 83 215 9.5646 °  S , 150.6289 °  O
021 Tutubea West Fergusson Rural 16 tutubea 31 67 67 134 9.5562 °  S , 150.6548 °  O
001 Bwayobwayo West Fergusson Rural 17 Bwayobwayo 63 126 131 257 9.5459 °  S , 150.6488 °  O
017 Masimasi West Fergusson Rural 18 Masimasi 69 197 171 368 9.4381 °  S , 150.6375 °  O
009 Gwabegwabe West Fergusson Rural 19 Gwabegwabe 63 166 167 333 9.3889 °  S , 150.6181 °  O
003 Atugamwana West Fergusson Rural 20 Atugamwana 43 111 118 229 9.4602 °  S , 150.5598 °  O
001 Agailuma West Fergusson Rural 21 Agealuma 42 122 109 231 9.4388 °  S , 150.5913 °  O
004 Didiau West Fergusson Rural 22 Didiau 121 387 313 700 9.3664 °  S , 150.5569 °  O
014 Kalokalo West Fergusson Rural 23 Kalokalo 269 735 646 1381 9.4136 °  S , 150.4315 °  O
001 Fatavi West Fergusson Rural 24 Fatavi 80 207 220 427 9.3673 °  S , 150.43 °  O
001 Iaupolu West Fergusson Rural 25 Iaupolu 67 177 179 356 9.5687 °  S , 150.4947 °  O
012 Nade Dobu Rural 11 Nade 145 337 315 652 9.6664 °  S , 150.7015 °  O
016 Si'Ilugu Dobu Rural 12 Si'Ilugu 132 311 304 615 9.6628 °  S , 150.7611 °  O
001 Wesoiliwe Dobu Rural 13 Wesoiliwe 14th 28 20th 48 9.6057 °  S , 150.7588 °  O
008 Galubwa Dobu Rural 14 Galubwa 132 279 281 560 9.6185 °  S , 150.7901 °  O
001 Neboluwa Dobu Rural 15 Neboluwa 17th 141 132 273 9.6435 °  S , 150.7847 °  O
001 Salamo Dobu Rural 16 Salamo 112 253 238 491 9.663 °  S , 150.8036 °  O
011 Gomwa Dobu Rural 17 Gomwa 73 189 200 389 9.663 °  S , 150.8065 °  O
001 Begasi Dobu Rural 18 Begasi 75 152 155 307 9.6602 °  S , 150.813 °  O
007 You'Una Dobu Rural 19 Du'Una 85 186 188 374 9.6421 °  S , 150.8079 °  O
004 Daguiara Dobu Rural 20 Daguiara 84 163 152 315 9.6454 °  S , 150.8351 °  O
005 Deidei Dobu Rural 21 Dei Dei 57 142 158 300 9.6776 °  S , 150.8539 °  O
003 Bwaiowa Dobu Rural 22 Bwaiowa 179 327 351 678 9.6981 °  S , 150.8478 °  O
014 Sawaedi Dobu Rural 23 Sawa'Edi 142 311 335 646 9.7104 °  S , 150.8541 °  O
001 Waluma East Dobu Rural 24 Waluma East 41 138 104 242 9.6788 °  S , 150.9232 °  O
013 Waluma West Dobu Rural 25 Waluma West 128 380 382 762 9.6895 °  S , 150.8729 °  O
015 Sebutuya Dobu Rural 26 Sebutuia 172 415 391 806 9.5732 °  S , 150.8646 °  O
010 Momoawa Dobu Rural 27 Momoawa 43 86 94 180 9.5632 °  S , 150.8159 °  O
001 Basima Dobu Rural 28 basima 148 368 359 727 9.4769 °  S , 150.8362 °  O
017 Urua Dobu Rural 29 Urua 58 146 139 285 9.4496 °  S , 150.827 °  O
009 Gameta Dobu Rural 30 gameta 52 101 118 219 9.4187 °  S , 150.8031 °  O
006 Duduna Dobu Rural 31 Duduna 85 210 198 408 9.4961 °  S , 150.8448 °  O
018 Wadalei Dobu Rural 32 Wadalei 134 384 329 713 9.4206 °  S , 150.7444 °  O
002 Bosalewa Dobu Rural 33 Bosalewa 119 365 315 680 9.4432 °  S , 150.7123 °  O

The 23 villages in the east of the island belong to the Dobu Rural LLG (Local Level Government) Area, which also includes part of the neighboring Normanby Island to the southeast . The remaining settlements in the western part of the island form the West Fergusson Rural LLG Area. Kalokalo on the west coast of the island is the largest town not only on Fergusson Island, but also in the entire D'Entrecasteaux Islands, with a population of 1,381 (2000 census).

history

The island was visited in 1873 by Captain John Moresby , who named it after James Fergusson of Kilkerran (1873–1874 Governor of New Zealand ).

description

Fergusson is characterized by mountainous terrain covered by tropical rainforest . There are three large volcanoes on the island . The coastal areas are used for agriculture.

The highest point on the island with 2073 m, Mount Kilkerran , is located near Wadalei in the northeast. Seymour Bay lies on the west coast, Sebutuia Bay in the east and Hughes Bay in the north. The main settlements, Salamo and Mapamoiwa , are on the south coast. In the mid-1990s gold was discovered near Wapolu on the north coast.

Exclusively on the Fergusson Island lives in a small range of the first time in 1952 mentioned by Eleanor MO Laurie Fergusson dactylopsila ( Dactylopsila tatei ), and Tate's Triok one called dactylopsila from the family of Gleitbeutler of on, endangered Red List species the IUCN as "Endangered" (endangered) is classified. It is also home to the Fergusson pheasant pigeon , a subspecies of the pheasant pigeon .

The Amphlett Group is 10 km north of the island .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 2000 Census, Milne Bay Province, Esa'Ala District
  2. ^ John Moresby: New Guinea and Polynesia: Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands: a Cruise in Polynesia and Visits to the Pearl-shelling Stations in Torres Straits of HMS Basilisk Adamant Media Corporation Boston 2005, ISBN 1-4021 -8798-X , p. 235 and p. 248.
  3. ↑ Gerhard Rösler: The wild pigeons of the earth - free life, keeping and breeding. M. & H. Schaper Verlag, Alfeld-Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7944-0184-0 , p. 242.