Nuakata

Nuakata
NASA satellite image of Nuakata (center, left).
Waters	Goschen Strait ( Solomon Sea )
Geographical location	10 ° 17 ′ 16 ″  S , 151 ° 1 ′ 3 ″  E Coordinates: 10 ° 17 ′ 16 ″  S , 151 ° 1 ′ 3 ″  E
length	5.2 km
width	5 km
surface	10 km²
Highest elevation	280  m
Residents	493 (2000) 49 inhabitants / km²
main place	Nuakata

Nuakata is a volcanic island in the Goschen Strait , a strait of the southern Solomon Sea , located 18 km southwest of the island of Normanby and 14 km southeast of the East Cape , the most southeastern tip of the island of New Guinea .

About 2 km east of the irregularly shaped island of Nuakata are the small uninhabited islands of Boirama and Diawari .

At the 2000 census, the island had 493 inhabitants in 94 households, all in the village of the same name, Nuakata.

Administratively, the island belongs to the Maramatana Rural LLG (Local Level Government) Area in the Alotau district of the Milne Bay Province .

literature

• Peter Mackay and Mikkel S Christensen (Ed.): Milne Bay Community-based Coastal & Marine Conservation Project PNG / 02 / G31 / A / IG / 71 Community Options Paper for the Nuakata, Iabam and Pahilele Area. May 2006 (PDF; 3.8 MB)

Web links

• Tourist information about Nuakata (illustrated, English)