Mundua Islands
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| Waters | Bismarcksee | |
| archipelago |
Vitu Islands ( Bismarck Archipelago ) |
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| Geographical location | 4 ° 38 ′ S , 149 ° 21 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 6th | |
| Main island | Mundua | |
| Total land area | 8.0 km² | |
| Residents | 1315 (2000) | |
The Mundua Islands , also called Ningau Islands, are a group of six small islands , located 100 km north of New Britain in the northwest of the Vitu Islands ( Bismarck Archipelago ). The group belongs to Papua New Guinea , West New Britain Province .
The archipelago extends over a length of 10 kilometers and has a total area of 8.0 km². At the 2000 census, the population was 1,315, mostly on the main island of Mundua ( Ningau ) in the east of the group . The other islands are much smaller and mostly uninhabited.
List of islands
Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap
| Island name | Alias | Coordinates | surface | Residents | annotation |
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| Mundua | Ningau | 04 ° 37 ′ S , 149 ° 21 ′ E | 5.75 | ... | Main island |
| Wingoru | 04 ° 37 ′ S , 149 ° 19 ′ E | ... | ... | ||
| Chilling | 04 ° 38 ′ S , 149 ° 49 ′ E | ... | ... | ||
| Wambu | Vambu | 04 ° 38 ′ S , 149 ° 18 ′ E | ... | - | |
| Lumboila | 04 ° 38 ′ S , 149 ° 17 ′ E | ... | - | ||
| Undaka | 04 ° 37 ′ S , 149 ° 17 ′ E | ... | - |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Bourke and Tracy Harwood: Food and Agriculture in Papua New Guinea, 2009 , p. 49
- ↑ Six of the eight villages shown on the map are on the main island, the rest on Chilling and Wingoru .
Web links
- Mundua on oceandots.com ( memento from November 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English with satellite image)
- Map of the Vitu Islands with details including the Mundua Islands