Kabakon
Coordinates: 4 ° 14 ' S , 152 ° 24' O Kabakon is an island of Duke of York Islands , a group of islands in to Papua New Guinea belonging Bismarck Archipelago .
geography
The area of Kabakon is about 0.76 km². Ulu Island is north of Kabakon, Kerawara east.
Kabakon is in an endangered zone, as two tectonic plates collide here. Earthquakes and tsunamis are not uncommon for the island's residents.
history
The island - or at least a large piece of land on it - was acquired by the natural scientist Theodor Kleinschmidt in mid-1879 . The sellers were some tribesmen from the neighboring island of Utuan who held land on Kabakon. A private letter to Rev. Benjamin Danks, in which Kleinschmidt reported on January 5, 1880 about his purchase of "Kambe Kounae (Kapakon)", is valid as evidence. According to other sources, Kleinschmidt acquired northeastern Ulu.
During German colonial times, there were coconut plantations on Kabakon (location) . In 1902 August Engelhardt settled on the island and founded a community called "Sun Order - Equatorial Settlement Community". The sun order advocated the exclusive consumption of coconuts and nudism . Sometimes the order is said to have had up to 30 members. The Order of the Sun and the coconut diet were advertised in Germany with brochures: “Naked cocovorism is God's will. The pure coconut diet makes you immortal and unites with God. ”However, many German civilization refugees who followed Engelhardt's call fell ill or died soon after their arrival on Kabakon. Others returned to their homeland discouraged. The last sun worshipers left the island after the First World War. Engelhardt himself died on Kabakon in 1919.
climate
There is a moderately humid, tropical maritime climate . Dry weather on the Duke of York Islands heralds the imminent southeast trade wind . The lowest averages of 23 ° C are in the months of June to September, the maximum temperatures of 32 ° C in the months of December and January. The humidity fluctuates between 71 and 78 percent. An average of six rainy days are recorded in December and eleven in March and April.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Jakob Anderhandt: Eduard Hernsheim, the South Seas and a lot of money: biography in two volumes . MV-Wissenschaft, Münster 2012, Volume 1, p. 487, including endnote 518.
- ↑ Heinz Schütte: "Stori Bilong Wanpela Man Nem Bilong Em Toboalilu". The Death of Godeffroy's Kleinschmidt, and the Perception of History. ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2013 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. In: Pacific Studies. Vol. 14, No. 3 (1991), pp. 69-96, here: p. 71.
- ↑ German Colonial Lexicon: Kabakon
- ↑ Echo Online: Adventurers, Conquerors and Nature Apostles ( Memento of September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) and Asia Pacific Week - Pacific Islands Workshop , p. 24
- ^ Gisela Graichen and Horst Founders: German Colonies. Dream and trauma . Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-550-07637-1
- ^ The Scottish Geographical Magazine . 1999, p. 95
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2006 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. Climate table
