Papialou Islands
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| Waters | Bismarcksee | |
| archipelago | Admiralty Islands | |
| Geographical location | 2 ° 44 ′ S , 147 ° 21 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 2 | |
| Total land area | 1.5 | |
The Papialou Islands (German also: Haystack Islands) are a group of islands in the north of Papua New Guinea . Politically, they are part of the Manus Province .
geography
The Papialou Islands are a sub-group of the Admiralty Islands . They are 18 km south-southeast of Baluan and 32 km northeast of the island of Alim. The group consists of two islands at the two ends of a 1.9 km long coral reef , another small underwater reef is 1.2 km southwest of it.
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 . During the First World War the islands were conquered by Australian troops and after the war 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 until Papua New Guinea gained independence in 1975.
Web links
- Papialou Islands, Oceandots.com (further information & pictures) ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (engl.)
- Heinrich Schnee (Ed.): Keyword Heuschoberinseln , German Colonial Lexicon, Volume 2, p. 66, Leipzig 1920
Individual evidence
- ↑ German Colonial Lexicon. Edited by Heinrich Schnee. - Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer 1920. - 3 vols.
- ^ Admiralty Islands, US Army Map Service, 1942
