Goodenough Island

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Goodenough Island
Goodenough Island topographic map
Goodenough Island topographic map
Waters Solomon Sea (Pacific Ocean)
Archipelago D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Geographical location 9 ° 22 ′  S , 150 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 9 ° 22 ′  S , 150 ° 16 ′  E
Goodenough Island (Papua New Guinea)
Goodenough Island
length 39 km
width 26 km
surface 687 km²
Highest elevation Mount Vineuo
2536  m
Residents 19,625 (2000)
29 inhabitants / km²
main place Bolubolu
Goodenough Island map
Goodenough Island map

Nidula , the "Goodenough Island", is located in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea . It is located east of the mainland in the Solomon Sea . Goodenough is one of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands , located near the Trobriand Islands . This island was visited in 1873 by Captain John Moresby , who named it after Commodore James Graham Goodenough .

The closest island, apart from smaller minor islands , is the larger Fergusson Island to the east , from which Goodenough Island is separated from the minimal 3.9 km wide Moresby Strait .

The island is almost circular. It is 39 kilometers long and 26 kilometers wide. Its area is 687 km², the length of the coastline 116 kilometers. From a coastal strip that varies in width between two and ten kilometers, the island rises steeply to the 2,536 m high volcanic cone of Mount Vineuo .

Goodenough is - measured by its area - one of the steepest sloping islands in the world. She is also known for her rock paintings , the "Goodenough Island Cargo Cults". During World War II, Goodenough was an important strategic base for Operation Dexterity .

Villages

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of the Villages section : OSM
The following 35 villages and four separate institutions are located on Goodenough Island, most of them in the east near the coast:

Census
Unit
Number 		Surname Ward households Population
male 		Population
female 		population
total 		Coordinates
020 Waibula 01 Waibula 34 113 99 212 9.2446 °  S , 150.1389 °  O
015 Ufaufa 02 Ufaufa 81 261 220 481 9.2194 °  S , 150.1647 °  O
016 Mwananaoiy 02 Ufaufa 70 231 187 418 9.2224 °  S , 150.1892 °  O
022 Sivesive 03 Watuluma South 82 204 189 393 9.2157 °  S , 150.2406 °  O
401 Watuluma Mission 03 Watuluma South 45 130 162 292 9.2192 °  S , 150.2387 °  O
023 Upper Watuluma 04 Watuluma North 89 236 242 478 9.2627 °  S , 150.2281 °  O
009 Idakamenai 05 Idakamenai 99 294 266 560 9.2516 °  S , 150.2697 °  O
010 Afaluluia 05 Idakamenai 40 88 92 180 9,251 °  S , 150.2815 °  O
001 Lakulakuya 06 Ulutuya 109 225 247 472 9.2683 °  S , 150.2893 °  O
002 Ulutuya 06 Ulutuya 83 175 191 366 9.2742 °  S , 150.3014 °  O
021 Wakonai 07 Wakonai 54 145 148 293 9.3163 °  S , 150.3004 °  O
022 Galuwata 07 Wakonai 51 117 136 253 9.3282 °  S , 150.2715 °  O
018 Vivigani 08 Vivigani 31 85 73 158 9.3096 °  S , 150.3202 °  O
019 Kwayokwayo 08 Vivigani 32 86 82 168 9.3063 °  S , 150.3327 °  O
020 Bwetubwetuna 08 Vivigani 33 71 68 139 9.2936 °  S , 150.3277 °  O
021 Vivila 08 Vivigani 74 161 173 334 9.3339 °  S , 150.3209 °  O
006 Eweli 09 Eweli 154 331 358 689 9.3682 °  S , 150.3253 °  O
010 Kalauna 10 kalauna 197 437 422 859 9.3669 °  S , 150.3275 °  O
003 Revitalize 11 Revitalize 84 202 184 386 9.3643 °  S , 150.342 °  O
401 Numonumo Mission 11 Revitalize 58 151 141 292 9.3653 °  S , 150.3549 °  O
014 Mataita West 12 Mataita West 185 406 400 806 9.4117 °  S , 150.3395 °  O
001 Mataita East 13 Mataita East 64 183 180 363 9.42 °  S , 150.3553 °  O
007 Faiava 14 Faiava 185 511 522 1033 9.4556 °  S , 150.3323 °  O
016 Ufufu 15 Ufufu 116 271 294 565 9.4503 °  S , 150.3128 °  O
017 Gunuwala 15 Ufufu 67 119 106 225 9.4293 °  S , 150.3207 °  O
018 Bowa 15 Ufufu 79 166 161 327 9.4612 °  S , 150.3063 °  O
004 Bwaidoga East 16 Bwadoga East 300 655 663 1318 9.467 °  S , 150.3371 °  O
001 Banada 17 Bwadoga West 113 242 252 494 9.4696 °  S , 150.336 °  O
503 Wailagi Mission 17 Bwadoga West 12 28 34 62 9.4676 °  S , 150.3429 °  O
001 Abolu 19 subscription 158 411 398 809 9.5205 °  S , 150.3277 °  O
012 Umaima / Kilia 20 Kilia 230 610 567 1177 9.4959 °  S , 150.2927 °  O
013 Lauwela 21 Lauwela 234 553 534 1087 9.4534 °  S , 150.2447 °  O
002 Awale 22 eels 110 238 267 505 9.3581 °  S , 150.1378 °  O
017 Utalo 23 Utalo 138 430 403 833 9.4022 °  S , 150.1774 °  O
005 Diodio 24 Diodio 214 540 483 1023 9.4245 °  S , 150.1631 °  O
001 Awaia / Gayama 26 Awaia 52 127 116 243 9.38 °  S , 150.3745 °  O
501 Bolubolu Station 26 Awaia 59 148 146 294 9.3731 °  S , 150.3616 °  O
001 Ibawana 27 Ibawana 93 234 226 460 9.2653 °  S , 150.2076 °  O
011 Kalimutabotabo 28 Kalim tabotabo 132 299 279 578 9.2842 °  S , 150.3175 °  O

In 1980, Goodenough Island had 12,676 residents, compared to 19,625 in 2000. Two other villages are on the upstream in the southeast addition island Wagifa : Wagifa 9.495 °  S , 150.3643 °  O with 909 and Yauyaula 9.4974 °  S , 150.376 °  O 280 residents.

Species protection

In the center of the island is the Oi Mada Wara Wildlife Management Area . It has a total area of ​​22,840 hectares. It provides a critical habitat for several endangered animal species, such as the Goodenough bush kangaroo ( Dorcopsis atrata ) and the agile wallaby ( Macropus agilis ). It is also the distribution area of ​​the black-eye fruit pigeon and the Alberta pigeon .

literature

  • Jenness MA and Rev. A. Ballantyne. (1920) The Northern D'Entrecasteaux , Oxford University Press.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 2000 Census, Milne Bay Province, Kiriwina-Goodenough District

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