Louisiade Archipelago
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The Louisiade Archipelago is a string of ten larger volcanic islands frequently fringed by coral reefs, and 90 smaller coral islands in Papua New Guinea.
It is located 200 km southeast of New Guinea, stretching over more than Script error: No such module "convert". and spread over an ocean area of Script error: No such module "convert". between the Solomon Sea to the north and the Coral Sea to the south. The aggregate land area of the islands is about Script error: No such module "convert"., with Vanatinai (Sudest) beingness the largest.
Rogeia (Logea), Samarai and Sariba lie closest to New Guinea, while Misima, Vanatinai, and Rossel islands lie further east.
History
The islands were discovered by a Spanish expedition led by Luis Váez de Torres in 1606, that was part of the Fernandez de Quiros fleet which had sailed from South America in search of Australia. The Torres expedition visited various islands including Basilaki Island, which he named San Buenaventura in July 1606. It is possible that Malay and Chinese sailors also visited the islands earlier. More than a century later, in 1768, Louis Antoine de Bougainville visited the islands and named them for Louis XV, the king of France. Visits were also paid by Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux in 1793 and Captain Owen Stanley in 1849.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The 1942 Battle of Coral Sea was fought nearby, after Japanese occupation in the same year. The Deboyne Islands were the site of the 1942 Raids on Deboyne.
Rain forests
The islands have a moist tropical climate, and are largely covered with tropical moist broadleaf forests. The Louisiade Archipelago rain forests form a distinct ecoregion, and are home to a number of endemic species, including several endemic trees (in genera Pandanus, Diospyros, and Hopea), as well as five endemic frog species, two endemic lizard species, and five endemic bird species. The Louisiade flowerpecker (Dicaeum nitidum), Louisiade pitta (Erythropitta meeki), Tagula butcherbird (Cracticus louisiadensis), Tagula honeyeater (Microptilotis vicina), and white-chinned myzomela (Myzomela albigula) are endemic, and the Louisiade white-eye (Zosterops griseotinctus) is a near-endemic. There are 24 native mammal species, including 18 species of bats and several rodents; these include the Island tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene major), Panniet naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia pannietensis), and St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat (Kerivoula agnella).[1]
Government
The archipelago is divided into the Local Level Government (LLG) areas Bwanabwana Rural (western part, with Basilaki), Louisiade Rural (central part, with Misima), and Yaleyamba (eastern part, with Rossel and Vanatinai islands). The LLG areas are part of Samarai-Murua District of Milne Bay. The seat of the Louisiade Rural LLG is Bwagaoia on Misima Island, the population center of the archipelago.[2] The seat of the Yaleyamba is changed every couple of years between Rambuso and Jingo (Rossell). The seat of the Bwanabwana was Samarai from the Louisiade archipelago, but was recently transferred to the mainland of Papua New Guinea to the city of Alotau.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Islands
The Louisiade Archipelago consists of the following island groups and islands:[3]
| Island | Capital | Other Cities | Area | Population | |
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| Bentley Islands | Anagusa | Nare | Script error: No such module "convert". | 122 | |
| Anagusa | Anagusa | Script error: No such module "convert". | 112 | ||
| Mudge | Nare | Script error: No such module "convert". | 10 | ||
| Bonvouloir Islands | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| East | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Hastings | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Strathord | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Calvados Chain | Pana Wina | Motorina, Bagaman, Hemenahei | Script error: No such module "convert". | 3276 | |
| Bagaman | Bagaman | Script error: No such module "convert". | 264 | ||
| Bobo Eina | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Bonna Wan | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Gigila | Nogui | Script error: No such module "convert". | 121 | ||
| Gilia | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Gulewa | Gulewa | Script error: No such module "convert". | 18 | ||
| Hemenahei | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Kuwanak | Kuwanak | Script error: No such module "convert". | 170 | ||
| Mabneian | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Motorina | Riman Bay | Tawara, Mabaraboraboa | Script error: No such module "convert". | 595 | |
| Nigaho | Nigaho | Script error: No such module "convert". | 226 | ||
| North Leiga | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Other | Burnett | Ehiki, Panua Keikeisa | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |
| Pana Krusima | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Pana Numara | Hoba Bay | Script error: No such module "convert". | 183 | ||
| Pana Rora | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Pana Udu Udi | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Pana Varavara | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Pana Wina | Bomalou | Panambari, Boiama Point | Script error: No such module "convert". | 456 | |
| Panangaribu | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Panasia | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Panatanian | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Sabari | Hekampan | Tandeyai, Hebenahine, Maho | Script error: No such module "convert". | 708 | |
| Sloss | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| South Leiga | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Taifaur | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Ululina | Ululina | Script error: No such module "convert". | 5 | ||
| Utian | Utian | Script error: No such module "convert". | 514 | ||
| Venariwa | Venariwa | Script error: No such module "convert". | 16 | ||
| Yakimoan | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Yaruman | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Conflict Group | Panasesa | Irai, Lunn | Script error: No such module "convert". | 30 | |
| Auriroa | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Gabugabutau | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Ginara | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Irai | Irai | Script error: No such module "convert". | 20 | ||
| Itamarina | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Lunn | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Moniara | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Other | Kolavia | Madiboiboi, Lutmatavi | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |
| Panaboal | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Panarakuum | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Panasesa | Panasesa | Script error: No such module "convert". | 10 | ||
| Quesal | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Tupit | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Deboyne Islands | Bwaganati | Nulia | Script error: No such module "convert". | 2700 | |
| Losai | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Nibub | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Nivani | Nivani | Script error: No such module "convert". | 20 | ||
| Pana Uya Wana | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Panaeati | Bwaganati | Maggiau, Palualual, Siakeu, Namati, Panakakamwa, Nulia Wharf, Lebwalebwal | Script error: No such module "convert". | 2080 | |
| Panapompom | Nulia | Galowawaisana, Panaewau | Script error: No such module "convert". | 600 | |
| Passage | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Rara | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Duchateau Islands | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Jomard Islands | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Kukuluba | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Montemont Islands | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Pana Bobai Ana | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Pana Rura Wara | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Dumoulin Islands | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Ana Karu Karua | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Baiiri | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Duperre Islands | Punawan | Script error: No such module "convert". | 10 | ||
| Duperre | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Punawan | Punawan | Script error: No such module "convert". | 10 | ||
| East Deboyne Islands | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Basses Group | Script error: No such module "convert".5 | 0 | |||
| Bushy Islets | Script error: No such module "convert".5 | 0 | |||
| Mabui | Script error: No such module "convert".7 | 0 | |||
| Pana Sagusagu | Script error: No such module "convert".2 | 0 | |||
| Redlick Islets | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Engineer Islands | Skelton | Watts | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1200 | |
| Bright | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Butchart | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Button | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Deedes | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Flat | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Good | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Haszard | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Hummock | Tewatewa | Script error: No such module "convert". | 105 | ||
| Messum | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Pender | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Powell | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Skelton | Naruaruari | Koialia, Waiaku, Digaigaia | Script error: No such module "convert". | 375 | |
| Slade | Samoa | Tubetube | Script error: No such module "convert". | 245 | |
| Watts | Gegadali | Taeaknabululu, Kwaraiwa | Script error: No such module "convert". | 475 | |
| Laseinie Islands | Dawson | Script error: No such module "convert". | 245 | ||
| Dawson | Koyagaugau | Script error: No such module "convert". | 245 | ||
| Hardman | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Kagawan | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Keaawan | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Misima Islands | Bwagaoia | Script error: No such module "convert". | 19330 | ||
| Gigira | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Managun | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Misima | Bwagaoia | Baimatana, Hinauta, Kaubwaga, Boiou, Siagara, Kalotawa, Gulewa, Mwana, Liak, Panataval, Bagilina, Manihuna, Ewena, Ebora, Bwagabwaga, Alhoga, Eaus, Gaibobo, Narian | Script error: No such module "convert". | 19330 | |
| Daloloia Group | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Pana Tinani Islands | Bwailahina | Kabagi-bagi | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1764 | |
| Daddahai | Dadahai | Script error: No such module "convert".8 | 34 | ||
| Hevaisi | Script error: No such module "convert".4 | 1 | |||
| Nimoa | Soluwo | Boiminusi, Woos, Galanga Beach | Script error: No such module "convert".6 | 395 | |
| Osasai | Script error: No such module "convert".3 | 0 | |||
| Pana Tinani | Bwailahina | Hobuk, Hauagili, Hessessai Bay, Buvara Bay, Bounce Point, Imadi Bay, Gawn Point, Hati Lawi Bay, Heihuti Bay, Bonawi Point | Script error: No such module "convert". | 527 | |
| Sibumbum | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Wanim | Bunbun | Script error: No such module "convert". | 400 | ||
| Yeina | Kabagi-bagi | Araeda, Buwo, Jolandan | Script error: No such module "convert". | 407 | |
| Renard Islands | Kimuta | Script error: No such module "convert". | 617 | ||
| Baiwa | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Kimuta | Awa | Atuatua | Script error: No such module "convert". | 617 | |
| Manuga Reef | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Niva Beno | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Oreia | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Rossel Islands | Rossel | Script error: No such module "convert". | 5100 | ||
| Adele Islet | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Diama | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1 | |||
| Other | Heron | Script error: No such module "convert". | 7 | ||
| Pocklington Reef | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Rossel | Jinjo | Damunu, Yonga Bay, Mbuwo, Morpa, Wulunga Bay, Pum, Pwepwo, Piniga, Abeleti, Vyukwa, N’Jaru, Wale, Saman, Pambwa | Script error: No such module "convert". | 5000 | |
| Wule | Wule | Script error: No such module "convert". | 92 | ||
| Samarai Islands | Samarai | Basilaki | Script error: No such module "convert". | 8200 | |
| Arch Islands | Nasa Rua Rua | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | ||
| Doini | Doini | Script error: No such module "convert". | 30 | ||
| Tuyam | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Gonubalabala | Ranger station | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | ||
| Logea | Kasabanalua | Kumikuku, Dabali, Pota | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1004 | |
| Deka Deka | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Bonarua Hili Hili | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Kwato | Kwato | Isuhina | Script error: No such module "convert". | 66 | |
| Samarai | Samarai | Script error: No such module "convert". | 460 | ||
| Ebuma | Evennett Mansion | Script error: No such module "convert".2 | 1 | ||
| Gesila | Script error: No such module "convert". | 19 | |||
| Dagadaga | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1 | |||
| Kwai Ama | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Beika | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Galahi | Galahi | Script error: No such module "convert". | 20 | ||
| Lesimano | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Igwali | Igwali | Naba Riaria, Ga-Uri | Script error: No such module "convert". | 10 | |
| Kui | Kui | Script error: No such module "convert". | 5 | ||
| Ito | Script error: No such module "convert". | 10 | |||
| Sariba | Sidudu | Sauasauaga, Magehau, Sebuluna | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1880 | |
| Sideia | Sideia | Oba, Gotai, Gadogadowa, Sekuku, Dulauna, Tegerauna | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1890 | |
| Populai | Margaret Ville | Script error: No such module "convert". | 15 | ||
| Dinana | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Buiari | Weitoa | Script error: No such module "convert". | 500 | ||
| Basilaki | Yokowa | Habani | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1883 | |
| Kitai Bai | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Kitai Katoa | Maragum | Script error: No such module "convert". | 17 | ||
| Kitai Katu | Script error: No such module "convert". | 10 | |||
| Kitai Lilivea | Script error: No such module "convert". | 190 | |||
| Kitai Bona Bona | Kibou | Script error: No such module "convert". | 10 | ||
| Castori Islets | Baia Baia Karona | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | ||
| Gado-Gadoa | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1 | |||
| Wasima | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Other | Sripkunui Island, Nasariri Island, Didigilo Island, Grant Island, Shortland Island | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | ||
| Torlesse Islands | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Pananiu | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Tinolan | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Vanatinai Islands | Rambuso | Tagula, Donuwo, Bololo | Script error: No such module "convert". | 3360 | |
| Boboa | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Iyen | Iyen | Script error: No such module "convert". | 102 | ||
| Pana Man | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Vanatinai | Rambuso | Tagula, Eden, Mitin, Edwahi, Griffin Point, Tarangia, Lajamare, Donuwo, Siri Point, Buiawe, Bololo, Emeli, Pamela, Madaua, Jelewaga | Script error: No such module "convert". | 3257 | |
| Venama | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Wari Islands | Wari | Script error: No such module "convert". | 926 | ||
| Imbert | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Kosman Reef | Kosman | Nabaina | Script error: No such module "convert". | 100 | |
| Lebrun Islands | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Long Reef | Lejeune | Script error: No such module "convert". | 100 | ||
| Other | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Quessant | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Sable | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Siga | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Stuers Islands | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0 | |||
| Wari | Wari | Script error: No such module "convert". | 726 | ||
| Louisiade Archipelago | Bwagaoia | Samarai, Rossel | Script error: No such module "convert". | 47000 | |
See also
References
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External links
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- Eusoils.jrc.it: detailed geology/soils map (1:1.000.000)
- Louisiades.net: Information and advice for yachts and travellers visiting the Louisiade Archipelago islands
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- Louisiade Archipelago
- Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean
- Archipelagoes of Papua New Guinea
- Australasian ecoregions
- Ecoregions of Papua New Guinea
- Islands of Milne Bay Province
- Lists of islands of Papua New Guinea
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Volcanoes of Papua New Guinea
- Endemic Bird Areas