Umboi
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| Waters | Bismarcksee | |
| Archipelago | Siassi Islands | |
| Geographical location | 5 ° 38 ′ S , 147 ° 55 ′ E | |
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| length | 50 km | |
| surface | 777 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 1548 m | |
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Umboi (German outdated: Ruk Island or English Rook Island ) is a volcanic island in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea . It lies between the mainland of New Guinea and the island of New Britain and belongs to the Tewai-Siassi district . In the 1850s, the first Christian missionary attempts in what is now Papua New Guinea took place on the island .
geography
The island is separated from New Britain by the Dampier Strait . The highest point is 1,548 meters. Umboi is the largest of the Siassi Islands .
There are no known eruptions from the volcano Mount Talo .
Society, Languages and Religions
The following languages are spoken on Umboi:
- Arop-Lokep ( Austronesian )
- Barim (Austronesian)
- Kovai ( trans New Guinea language )
- Lukep (Austronesian)
- Mbula (Austronesian)
- Mutu (Austronesian)
In addition, the majority of the population is common language Tok Pisin powerful.
The Christian religion and animistic ethnic religions are common among the island's population .
Web links
- Umboi in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ German Colonial Lexicon. Edited by Heinrich Schnee. - Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer 1920. - 3 vols.
- ↑ The islands of Rook and Woodlark in the Great Ocean (map from 1962, Justus Perthes)