Vanatinai

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Vanatinai
NASA satellite image of Vanatinai
NASA satellite image of Vanatinai
Waters Solomon Lake
Archipelago Louisiade Archipelago
Geographical location 11 ° 30 ′  S , 153 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 11 ° 30 ′  S , 153 ° 26 ′  E
Vanatinai (Papua New Guinea)
Vanatinai
length 63 km
width 13 km
surface 865.7 km²
Highest elevation Mount Riu
806  m
Residents 2440 (2000)
2.8 inhabitants / km²
main place Rambuso Village
Tagula Island on a 1922 nautical chart
Tagula Island on a 1922 nautical chart

Vanatinai (formerly Sudest , Tagula on many maps ) is an island of volcanic origin in the southeast of the Louisiade archipelago in the Milne Bay province of Papua New Guinea . The island, lined with coral reefs, is 360 km southeast of New Guinea and 35 km southeast of Misima Island .

With an area of ​​865.7 km², it is the largest island in the archipelago. At the 2000 census there were 19 villages and 5 other institutions with a total of 2,440 inhabitants on the island. Another 116 inhabitants lived on the small, off the south coast offshore island Iyen Island . Another village was listed as uninhabited. For 1978 a population of 2,300 was given. The main export is copra .

The island is 63 km long from Bobo Hai Point in the northwest to Cape Siri in the southeast, and up to 13 km wide. A forested mountain range runs the entire length of the island. The highest peak, Mount Riu (806 m, formerly Mount Rattlesnake), is located near the center. The highest peaks are from southeast to northwest:

  • Mount Arumbi (351 m)
  • Mount Imau (485 m)
  • Mount Riu (806 m)
  • Mount Gangulua (439 m)
  • Mount Madau (269 m)

Other islands in the Vanatinai lagoon are:

The island has a small airport ( IATA code "TGL" ) for public transport, near Rambuso Village.

Gold was found on the island in 1889. This triggered a gold rush as it was found in almost all of the island's waterways.

Various species are endemic to the island , including the Tagula Spectacled Bird , the Louisiana Butcher Bird and the Tagula Honeyeater.

Vanatinai is administratively part of the Yeleyamba Rural LLG (Local Level Government) Area in the Samarai-Murua district of Milne Bay Province, and is administered from Bwagaoia on Misima .

For the 2000 census, the following villages and separate facilities were listed:

 

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Census
Unit
Number 		Surname Ward households Population
male 		Population
female 		population
total 		Coordinates
002 Embabalia 04 Western Point 13 26th 35 61 11.3637 °  S , 153.2626 °  O
003 Eden 04 Western Point 21st 71 57 128 11.3383 °  S , 153.223 °  O
016 Western Point 04 Western Point 31 83 72 155 11.3229 °  S , 153.1944 °  O
502 Tagula station 04 Western Point 17th 40 34 74 11.3293 °  S , 153.2025 °  O
003 Gesila 05 Griffin Point 15th 24 44 68 11.4263 °  S , 153.3429 °  O
008 Nanhil 05 Griffin Point 0 0 0 0 11.4053 °  S , 153.3294 °  O
009 With in 05 Griffin Point 18th 40 41 81 11.3842 °  S , 153.3141 °  O
010 Ebolethi 05 Griffin Point 14th 26th 21st 47 11.4156 °  S , 153.3348 °  O
011 Edwahi 05 Griffin Point 23 57 48 105 11.3283 °  S , 153.342 °  O
015 Tarangia 05 Griffin Point 23 52 43 95 11.409 °  S , 153.3521 °  O
503 Griffin Point Community School 05 Griffin Point 18th 30th 29 59 11.3897 °  S , 153.4161 °  O
001 Lajamare 06 Rambuso 20th 42 47 89 11.474 °  S , 153.5317 °  O
002 East Point (Rossel) 06 Rambuso 30th 92 77 169 11.6024 °  S , 153.7706 °  O
003 Varavarae 06 Rambuso 16 44 44 88 11.4811 °  S , 153.5561 °  O
004 Rambuso Village 06 Rambuso 24 95 92 187 11.4846 °  S , 153.5502 °  O
401 Rambuso Community School 06 Rambuso 3 15th 12 27 11.4733 °  S , 153.625 °  O
001 Buyawe 07 Rehuwo 28 92 76 168 11.6227 °  S , 153.6056 °  O
002 Bololo 07 Rehuwo 33 114 91 205 11,635 °  S , 153.5496 °  O
003 Emeli 07 Rehuwo 22nd 62 68 130 11.6135 °  S , 153.5381 °  O
401 Rehuwo Community School 07 Rehuwo 5 35 13 48 11.618 °  S , 153.6322 °  O
001 Madaua 08 Madaua 27 79 68 147 11.4885 °  S , 153.283 °  O
002 Pamela 08 Madaua 16 33 45 78 11.4898 °  S , 153.3506 °  O
003 Pantava 08 Madaua 15th 40 34 44 11.5476 °  S , 153.173 °  O
401 Madaua Community School 08 Madaua 3 3 2 5 11.4849 °  S , 153.2992 °  O
004 Jelewaga 09 Jelewaga 31 77 75 152 11.4601 °  S , 153.2659 °  O
005 Iyen Island 09 Jelewaga 17th 69 47 116 11.4478 °  S , 153.2342 °  O

The settlements are all near the coast and are small. The largest town was Bololo on the Baganowa Peninsula in the southeast, followed by Rambuso Village on the north coast.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: Sailing Directions (enroute), Pub. 164 New Guinea, 12th Edition, 2011, 838 Tagula Island (p. 179)
  2. ^ Pacific Islands Yearbook, 13th Edition, Sydney, New York 1972
  3. ↑ Milne Bay Province, p. 6: Samarai Murua District ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 150 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nri.org.pg
  4. ↑ All 24,390 geocoded census units in PNG from the 2000 census ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Census 2000, Milne Bay Province, Samarai-Murua District