Lavongai

Lavongai
	Satellite image of the island
Waters	Bismarcksee
Archipelago	Bismarck Archipelago
Geographical location	2 ° 31 ′ S , 150 ° 15 ′ E Coordinates: 2 ° 31 ′ S , 150 ° 15 ′ E
length	60 km
width	30 km
surface	1 186 km²
Highest elevation	Mount Deimling ; 957 m
Residents	17.160 (2000) ; 14 inhabitants / km²
main place	Patiagaga
	Map of Lavongai

Lavongai ( German Neuhannover , English New Hanover ) is an island in the Bismarck Archipelago and politically belongs to Papua New Guinea and the province of New Ireland . In the English-speaking world it is also called New Hanover Island with the English translation of the old name. Lavongai is crossed by the Tirpitz Mountains in an east-west direction. The highest elevation of the 1186 km² island measures 957 meters. In 1960 there were 5,000 inhabitants on the island.

Lavongai is quite isolated and mountainous, so coconut palms only grow on the coasts .

Only two species of mammals are known to exist on the island, the bat species Nyctimene albiventer and Rousettus amplexicaudatus . The Moorish nun , a small species of finch with a predominantly black body plumage, occurs exclusively on this island.

Individual evidence

↑ islands.unep.ch: Lavongai
↑ Jürgen Nicolai (ed.), Joachim Steinbacher (ed.), Renate van den Elzen, Gerhard Hofmann: Prachtfinken - Australia, Oceania, Southeast Asia . Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3249-4 , p. 273.

Web links

Commons : New Hanover - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] slands.unep.ch: Lavongai

[2] Jürgen Nicolai (ed.), Joachim Steinbacher (ed.), Renate van den Elzen, Gerhard Hofmann: Prachtfinken - Australia, Oceania, Southeast Asia . Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3249-4 , p. 273.