Pak (island)
| Pak | ||
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| Waters | Bismarcksee | |
| Archipelago | Admiralty Islands | |
| Geographical location | 2 ° 4 '49 " S , 147 ° 38' 12" E | |
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| length | 8 kilometers | |
| width | 2 km | |
| surface | 18 km² | |
| Residents | 600 33 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Mokera | |
Pak Island (also Saint Gabriel Island) is an island in the north of Papua New Guinea . It is part of the Manus Province .
geography
Pak belongs to the Admiralty Islands and is located 35 kilometers east of Manus and 8 kilometers west of Tong , the island of Rambutyo is 20 kilometers southwest.
The island is 8 kilometers long, 2 kilometers wide and reaches a height of 20 meters. The coast is mostly steep, the island is surrounded by coral reefs . In the west, off the north coast, is the small island of Ulunau. In Pak the Austronesian language Pak-Tong is spoken, which in 1977 had 970 speakers.
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
- Pak, Oceandots.com (further information & pictures) ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pak-Tong, A language of Papua New Guinea Ethnologue entry for Pak-Tong