Garove
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| Waters | Bismarcksee | |
| Archipelago | Vitu Islands | |
| Geographical location | 4 ° 41 ′ S , 149 ° 29 ′ E | |
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| length | 14 km | |
| width | 7 km | |
| surface | 52 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Mount Tuwatu 350 m |
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| Residents | 3617 (2000) 70 inhabitants / km² |
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Garove is a Papua New Guinean volcanic island in the Bismarck Archipelago , north of New Britain , West New Britain province . Garove is the main island that belongs to the Vitu Islands (also Witu Islands). The inner bay is called Johann Albrecht Harbor or John Albert Harbor . The 12 km long island surrounds a caldera flooded by the ocean, 5 km in diameter, which can be reached via a narrow passage on the south side of the island and which forms the up to 140 m deep Johann Albrecht harbor and gives the island a horseshoe-shaped floor plan. The walls of the caldera tower 100 to 350 m steeply above sea level. No eruptions are known from historical records, but the condition of the lava flow structures on the northwest coast suggests an age of several hundred years.
Contrary to its name, the Johann-Albrecht-Hafen was not and is not used as a harbor, as anchoring is impossible due to its depth and the construction of a pier on the steep crater walls is also excluded. The port of the island is Peterhafen.
Garova has an area of 52 km². At the 2000 census, 3617 inhabitants were counted.
The Witu Islands group of islands was discovered by Abel Tasman in June 1643 . In 1793 the islands were sighted again by Joseph Bruny d'Entrecasteaux and called "French Isles", Isles francaises . The island of Garove received the name Deslacs (also: Ile des Lacs ) from d'Entrecasteaux . From 1885 to 1899 the Vitu Islands belonged to the German Protected Area and from 1899 to 1914 to the German New Guinea colony . In 1914 the Witu Islands were occupied by Australian troops and administered as a mandate of the League of Nations of Australia after the war . Since 1975 they have been part of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
The island is one of the main growing areas of copra in Papua New Guinea.
The main villages are along the coast. Their names are, clockwise and starting in the north: Lambe, Potpot, Dole, Lama, Balangore 2, Balangore 1 and Vituhu.
Administratively, Garove belongs to the Bali / Witu Rural LLG of the Talasea district , and is divided into the wards East Garove and West Garove.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Bourke and Tracy Harwood: Food and Agriculture in Papua New Guinea, 2009 , p. 49
- ^ René van den Berg and Peter Bachet: Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages. Volume 51. Vitu Grammar Sketch. Summer Institute of Linguistics Ukarumpa, EHP, 2006, page 11 ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2015 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.
- ↑ PAPUA NEW GUINEA ELECTORAL COMMISSION, ELECTION COMMENCING 23 June 2012, POLLING SCHEDULE FOR TALASEA ELECTORATE
