Simberi
| Simberi Fischerinsel (former name) |
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| Waters | Bismarcksee | |
| Archipelago | Tabar Islands | |
| Geographical location | 2 ° 37 '29 " S , 151 ° 58' 26" E | |
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| length | 9.5 km | |
| width | 7.7 km | |
| surface | 40 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Mount Manumbur 340 m |
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| Residents | 1100 28 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Poponovuam | |
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Simberi is a volcanic island that belongs to the Tabar Islands in the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea . The approximately 40 square kilometer island is located approximately 900 km northeast of Port Moresby and 25 km northeast of New Ireland , the main island of the province. The island is about 10 km wide and is dominated by mountainous terrain in the east. The eroded volcanic cone is about 340 meters high. The coast of the island is mostly steep and surrounded by a marginal reef . There are approximately 1,100 inhabitants, divided into nine clans, most of which are located in small villages on the north and west coast of the island.
In the volcanic highlands on the east side of the island there is an open pit mine , in which gold and silver are mined and which bears the name Simberi Oxid-Gold-Project . The open pit mine is 100% owned by the Australian company Allied Gold . Gold mining commenced in February 2008. In July 2009, Allied Gold announced that the total resource was 4.7 million troy ounces of gold, including 1.4 million ounces of gold oxide and 3.3 million ounces of gold sulfide . Allied Gold has estimated that the mine will operate for 10 years.
There is an airfield ( IATA airport code : NIS ) on the southeast coast.
The island was called Fischerinsel during the German colonial era . Previously the island from its discoverer, the French had sailors Louis Antoine de Bougainville , Suzannet been named.
Web links
- Simberi Island on volcanolive.com (English)
- Entry about Simberi at the Mineral Policy Institute (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Allied Gold Annual Report 2009 ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Keyword Simberi. In: Heinrich Schnee (Ed.): German Colonial Lexicon. Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1920, Volume III, p. 358 ( online ).
