Sae Islands
| Sae Islands | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| archipelago | Bismarck Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 0 ° 47 ′ S , 145 ° 18 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 2 | |
| Main island | Sae | |
| Total land area | 0.25 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Sae Islands are the northernmost archipelago in the Western Islands area of the Bismarck Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean . They are located about 80 km north of the Hermit Islands .
geography
The group consists of two small islands enclosed by a common coral reef . The larger, densely overgrown island of Sae is located in the southeast of the group, another, much smaller and almost vegetation-free island in the north.
politics
Administratively, the uninhabited group belongs to the Manus Province in Papua New Guinea , and therein to the Nigoherm Rural LLG (Local Level Government) Area .
The Sae Islands are often grouped together with the Kaniet Islands , which are about 30 km southeast, as the island area of the Kaniet (Sae) Islands , although they are two geographically separate archipelagos.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Sailing Directions for the Pacific Islands, 1976: Western groups, including the Solomon Islands, Issue 82, Volume 1, page 262
- ↑ Geography of the Western Islands: Geographical Names in the Western Islands (Sae Islands). The Wuvulu Research Center, accessed September 29, 2019 .