Malai (island)

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Malai
NASA satellite image of Malai
NASA satellite image of Malai
Waters Bismarcksee
Archipelago Siassi Islands
Geographical location 5 ° 53 '46 "  S , 147 ° 56' 27"  E Coordinates: 5 ° 53 '46 "  S , 147 ° 56' 27"  E
Malai (island) (Papua New Guinea)
Malai (island)
length 1.5 km
width 1 km
surface 80 ha
Highest elevation 14  m
Residents uninhabited

Malai is a small island in the Siassi Islands of Papua New Guinea in the western Bismarck Sea . The island is surrounded by an open reef formation.

Malai is about 7 km southwest of Umboi , the main island of the Siassi Islands. Tuam , the southernmost of the Siassi Islands, is around 11 km to the southeast .