Pana Tinani
| Pana Tinani | ||
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| Waters | Solomon Lake | |
| Archipelago | Louisiade Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 11 ° 14 ′ S , 153 ° 9 ′ E | |
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| length | 19 km | |
| width | 6 km | |
| surface | 78 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Mount Guyuba 338 m |
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| Residents | 225 (2000) 2.9 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Bwailahina (Hebwaun) | |
Pana Tinani (formerly Joannett Island ) is an island in the Louisiade Archipelago in Milne Bay Province , Papua New Guinea . The island is located 3.1 km north of the northwestern headland of Vanatinai and is separated from it by the Bulami Passage . It is also located immediately east of Hemenahei , the easternmost of the Calvados Islands , and is separated from it by the Magamaga Passage, which is only 890 meters wide at its narrowest point . It has an area of 78 km² and is the second largest island in the Vanatinai lagoon after Vanatinai, as well as the sixth largest in the entire Louisiade archipelago. It is hilly and reaches a height of 338 meters in Mount Guyuba.
At the 2000 census, the island had 225 inhabitants, all in the village of Bwailahina (formerly Hebwaun) in the southeast of the island.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Papua New Guinea WWWVL in Maps ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )