Tarawai

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Tarawai
NASA satellite image of Tarawai (pictured left) and Walis Island.
NASA satellite image of Tarawai (pictured left) and Walis Island.
Waters Bismarcksee
Geographical location 3 ° 12 '25 "  S , 143 ° 15' 29"  E Coordinates: 3 ° 12 '25 "  S , 143 ° 15' 29"  E
Tarawai (Papua New Guinea)
Tarawai
length 2.8 km
width 1.5 km
surface 4 km²
Highest elevation 40  m

Tarawai , also called Tendanye , Tarawa and formerly Bertrand Island , is an island in the Bismarck Sea , located 19 km off the northeast coast of the island of New Guinea near the coastal town of Dagua . The larger neighboring island of Walis is about 500 m to the southeast .

The densely forested and sparsely populated island of Tarawai belongs to the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea .

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