Stuers Islands
| Stuers Islands | ||
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| Waters | Solomon Lake | |
| archipelago | Louisiade Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 11 ° 6 ′ S , 151 ° 8 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | 2 | |
| Main island | Marai | |
| Total land area | 0.34 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Stuers Islands are an uninhabited group of islands in the Louisiade archipelago . Politically, they are part of the Milne Bay Province in southeast Papua New Guinea .
The islands are located 16 km southeast of Wari , the island of Quessant (Tariwerwi) is another 16 km to the southeast. The archipelago consists of two islands, Marai (29 ha ) and Taliwewai (4.6 ha). Marai is the larger of the two islands. It is 20 m high. Taliwewai is 1.7 km northeast and is 12 m high. In the west of the Stuers Islands there is a large area with reefs and shoals, the Uluma Reefs (Uluma Reefs or Suckling Reefs) .
Web links
- Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute, Guna Isu to Isulailai Point National Geospatial-intelligence Agency, ProStar Publications, Annapolis 2004, ISBN 1-57785-569-8
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute, Guna Isu to Isulailai Point National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, ProStar Publications, Annapolis 2004, ISBN 1-57785-569-8 , p 148 (accessed February 19, 2011)