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Admiralty Islands

(Encyclopedia) Admiralty Islands, group of 40 volcanic islands, c.800 sq mi (2,070 sq km), SW Pacific, in the Bismarck Archipelago and part of Papua New Guinea. Lorengau, the chief port and…

New Britain, island, Papua New Guinea

(Encyclopedia) New Britain, volcanic island (1990 pop. 315,649), c.14,600 sq mi (37,810 sq km), SW Pacific, largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago and part of Papua New Guinea, in which it forms…

Bougainville

(Encyclopedia) BougainvilleBougainvilleb&oomacr;ˈgənvĭl, Fr. b&oomacr;găNvēlˈ [key], volcanic island (1990 est. pop. 154,000), c.3,880 sq mi (10,050 sq km), SW Pacific, largest in the Solomon…

Solomon Islands

(Encyclopedia) Solomon Islands, independent Commonwealth nation (2015 est. pop. 587,000), c.15,500 sq mi (40,150 sq km), SW Pacific, E of New Guinea. The islands that constitute the nation of the…

Papua New Guinea

(Encyclopedia) Papua New GuineaPapua New Guineapăpˈ&oomacr;ə, –y&oomacr;ə, gĭnˈē [key], officially Independent State of Papua New Guinea, independent Commonwealth nation (2015 est. pop. 6,672…