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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…

Indonesia

(Encyclopedia) CE5 IndonesiaIndonesiaĭnˌdənēˈzhə, officially Republic of Indonesia, republic (2015 est. pop. 258,162,000), c.735,000 sq mi (1,903,650 sq km), SE Asia, in the Malay Archipelago. The…

Bougainville, Louis Antoine de

(Encyclopedia) Bougainville, Louis Antoine deBougainville, Louis Antoine delwē äNtwänˈ də b&oomacr;găNvēlˈ [key], 1729–1811, French navigator. He accompanied Montcalm to Canada as aide-de-camp,…

trusteeship, territorial

(Encyclopedia) trusteeship, territorial, system of UN control for territories that were not self-governing. It replaced the mandates of the League of Nations. Provided for under chapters 12 and 13 of…

Rabaul

(Encyclopedia) RabaulRabaulräˈboul [key], town (1990 pop. 17,044), on New Britain island, Bismarck Archipelago, a part of Papua New Guinea. Situated within an active caldera surrounded by volcanoes,…

boat people

(Encyclopedia) boat people, term used to describe the Indochinese refugees who fled Communist rule after the Vietnam War (1975) in small boats and the many ethnic Chinese who left Vietnam similarly…

March 2018 Current Events: Disaster News

Top of Page World News | Science & Technology News | US News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world news…

February 2018 Current Events: Disaster News

Top of Page World News | Science & Technology News | US News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world news…

Melanesia

(Encyclopedia) MelanesiaMelanesiamĕlənēˈzhə, –shə [key], one of the three main divisions of Oceania, in the SW Pacific Ocean, NE of Australia and S of the equator. Melanesia includes the Solomon…

Major Earthquakes around the World, 1999

DateLocationMagnitude1Jan. 19New Ireland, Papua New Guinea7.0Feb. 6Santa Cruz Islands (S. Pacific Sea)7.3March 4 Celebes Sea, Indonesia7.1April 5New Britain, Papua New Guinea7.4April 8E.…