Wuvulu

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Wuvulu
NASA satellite image from Wuvulu
NASA satellite image from Wuvulu
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Bismarck Archipelago
( Western Islands )
Geographical location 1 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  S , 142 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 1 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  S , 142 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  E
Wuvulu (Papua New Guinea)
Wuvulu
length 7.2 km
width 4 km
surface 14 km²
Highest elevation 3  m
Residents 824 (2000)
59 inhabitants / km²
main place Auna Village
Map of the Western Islands of the Bismarck Archipelago, with Wuvulu in the far west (far left)
Map of the Western Islands of the Bismarck Archipelago, with Wuvulu in the far west (far left)

Wuvulu (German outdated: Tiger Island ) is an island of the Western Islands of the Bismarck Archipelago . Administratively, the island belongs to the Manus Province in Papua New Guinea .

geography

Wuvulu is the westernmost island of the Bismarck Archipelago and is 416 km from the main island of Manus . The island of New Guinea is located approx. 260 km to the south. The 14 km² island of volcanic origin reaches a maximum height of 3 meters above sea level and is surrounded by a coral reef .

climate

The average temperature is between 21 and 35 degrees Celsius. The annual rainfall is between 200 and 300 cm. Wuvulu is outside the Pacific Cyclone Zone.

population

The 824 inhabitants as of the 2000 census are distributed among the villages of Aunna (Auna) in the southwest (396) and Onne in the northwest (428). Fishing and subsistence farming form the basis of nutrition . There are cassava , taro and sweet potatoes grown.

traffic

There is an airfield on Wuvulu, IATA airport code : WUV .

The island is visited by cruise ships from time to time .

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Colonial Lexicon. Edited by Heinrich Schnee. - Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer 1920. - 3 vols.

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