Mbuke Islands
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| Waters | Bismarcksee | |
| archipelago | Admiralty Islands | |
| Geographical location | 2 ° 22 ′ S , 146 ° 49 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 13 | |
| Main island | Mbuke | |
| Total land area | 1 km² | |
| Residents | 500 | |
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The Mbuke Islands (also M'Buke, Buke or Sugar Loaf Island ) are a group of islands in the north of Papua New Guinea . Politically, they belong to the Pobuma Local Level Government Area of Manus Province .
geography
The Mbuke Islands are a sub-group of the Admiralty Islands . The archipelago is located 20 km south of Manus . and consists of 13 islands. The main island is Mbuke. Its highest elevation is about 260 m. Mbuke is the only village in the archipelago, with a population of 500 inhabitants. Other islands are Vogali, Butangelu, Lenjenning, Jambon, Uh and Olan.
history
The islands have probably been around since around 1500 BC. Inhabited by Melanesians . The area came under German administration in 1885 and belonged to German New Guinea since 1899 . In 1914 the islands were conquered by Australian troops, and after the First World War they were administered as a mandate of the League of Nations of Australia. The islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1944 , but returned to Australian administration in 1949. Since 1975 they have been part of the independent state of Papua New Guinea.
Web links
- [1] Mbuke, Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (1920), Volume II, p. 532
