Ulu (island)

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Ulu
NASA satellite image of Ulu (center, left).
NASA satellite image of Ulu (center, left).
Waters Bismarcksee
Archipelago Duke of York Islands
Geographical location 4 ° 13 '2 "  S , 152 ° 24' 52"  O Coordinates: 4 ° 13 '2 "  S , 152 ° 24' 52"  O
Ulu (island) (Papua New Guinea)
Ulu (island)
length 4.4 km
width 1.7 km
surface 6 km²
Highest elevation 36  m
Map of the Duke of York Islands with Ulu in the southwest (bottom, half-left).
Map of the Duke of York Islands with Ulu in the southwest (bottom, half-left).

Ulu , also called Mauke or Pig Island , is an island in Papua New Guinea . It belongs to the Duke of York Islands , which are located in the Bismarck Sea in the western Pacific .

geography

Ulu is densely forested and almost triangular in shape. With 600 hectares , it is the second largest island in the group , after Duke of York Island , the main island of the Duke of York Islands. Ulu consists of coral limestone and andesite and is located about 500 meters off the southwest tip of the Duke of York Island.

history

In the late 19th century, the German naturalist Theodor Kleinschmidt bought the island from a tribe on the neighboring island of Utuan . However, a little later, in April 1881, he was killed by that tribe in a quarrel that he had provoked. In the research literature, however, it is controversial whether Kleinschmidt actually acquired Ulu or not the neighboring island of Kabakon to the southwest.

Today there are several settlements and a small guest house on Ulu.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Geonames.org
  2. ↑ Heinz Schütte: "Stori Bilong Wanpela Man Nem Bilong Em Toboalilu". The Death of Godeffroy's Kleinschmidt, and the Perception of History. ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2013 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. In: Pacific Studies. Vol. 14, No. 3 (1991), pp. 69-96, here: p. 71. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ojs.lib.byu.edu
  3. ↑ Jakob Anderhandt: Eduard Hernsheim, the South Seas and a lot of money: biography in two volumes . MV-Wissenschaft, Münster 2012, Volume 1, p. 487. A private letter from Kleinschmidt dated January 5, 1880 to Rev. Benjamin Danks, in which Kleinschmidt reports on his purchase of the island "Kambe Kounae (Kapakon)", serves as evidence.
  4. ^ Volcano Live: Ulu

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