Articles in Papua New Guinea ( 332 )

332 Articles of interest in Papua New Guinea

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  • Wanigela Airport

    Wanigela Airport (IATA: AGL, ICAO: AYWG) is an airport in Wanigela, a village in the Oro Province (also known as Northern Province) in Papua New Guinea.

  • Torricelli Mountains

    The Torricelli Mountains are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, northwestern Papua New Guinea. The highest peak in the range is Mount Sulen at 1650 meters. The Bewani Mountains are located to the west, and the Prince Alexander Mountains are locat…

  • Tabar Group

    The Tabar Group is an island group in Papua New Guinea, located 40 km north of New Ireland. It is a part of the Bismarck Archipelago. The Tabar group consists of a short chain of three main islands - Tabar Island (aka Big Tabar) in the south, Tatau …

  • Oro Bay

    Oro Bay is a bay in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, located 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Buna. The bay is located within the larger Dyke Ackland Bay.

  • Mount Balbi

    Mount Balbi is a Holocene stratovolcano located in the northern portion of the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It is the highest point of the island. There are five volcanic craters along a ridge north of the summit, one of which contains …

  • Langila

    Langila is one of the most active volcanoes of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It consists of four overlapping volcanic cones on the eastern flank of an older extinct volcano, Talawe. Talawe is the largest volcano in Cape Gloucester. There have been …

  • Huon Gulf

    Huon Gulf is a large gulf in eastern Papua New Guinea, at (7.0°S 147.45°E). It is bordered by Huon Peninsula in the north. Both are named after French explorer Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec. Huon Gulf is a part of the Solomon Sea.

  • Dyaul Island

    Dyaul Island (also Djaul) is an island in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. Its area is 100 km2. The inhabitants live mainly in seven villages, and frequently visit Kavieng, the capital of the province, for supplies or to sell produce and fish…

  • Battle of Tsimba Ridge

    The Battle of Tsimba Ridge was a battle of the Second World War involving Australian and Japanese forces. Part of the wider Bougainville Campaign of the Pacific theatre, the battle occurred in the northern sector of Bougainville Island between 17 Ja…

  • Torokina

    Torokina is a coastal village on Bougainville Island, in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, eastern Papua New Guinea.

  • Sideia Island

    Sideia Island is an island in the Louisiade Archipelago in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located East of the end of New Guinea mainland.

  • Sanaroa Island

    Sanaroa Island is an island, part of D'Entrecasteaux Islands in Papua New Guinea, located east of Fergusson Island in Milne Bay Province, at (9.6166667°S 151°E).

  • Sae Island

    Sae Island is the northernmost island within the Western Islands of the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. It is located just northwest of the Kaniet Islands, under which it is often subsumed, although the two are distinct.

  • Mount Fubilan

    Mount Fubilan was a mountain in Papua New Guinea. It is the site of the Ok Tedi Mine which has reduced the mountain to a pit in the ground.

  • Mount Albert Edward, Papua New Guinea

    Mount Albert Edward is a 3,990-metre (13,091 ft) high mountain in the Wharton Range in Central Province, Papua New Guinea. The mountain consists of two peaks about 400 metres apart, a cross marks the top of the slightly higher western peak and a tri…

  • Lihir Group

    Lihir Group is an island group in Papua New Guinea, located north of New Ireland, at (3°S 152.583333°E). It is a part of Bismarck Archipelago.

  • Kokoda Airport

    Kokoda Airport is an airport in Kokoda, Papua New Guinea (IATA: KKD, ICAO: AYKO). The airfield was a focal point of the intense battle along the famous Kokoda trail, during the second World War.