D'Entrecasteaux Islands

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The D'Entrecasteaux Islands are a volcanic archipelago of Papua New Guinea located off the eastern tip of New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
volcanic island group
administrativeCenterNearby Alotau
colonialHistory Australian administration
British colonial period
German colonial period
country Papua New Guinea
currentStatus part of independent Papua New Guinea
discoverer Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux
elevation 2536 m
geologicalOrigin volcanic
hasBiodiversity endemic bird species
endemic plant species
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate
hasEconomicActivity copra production
fishing
small-scale logging
subsistence agriculture
hasGeologicalFeature active geothermal fields
hot springs
uplifted metamorphic core complexes
hasHighestPoint Mount Vineuo
hasInhabitant Dobu people
hasIsland Dobu Island NERFINISHED
Fergusson Island NERFINISHED
Goodenough Island
Iwa Island
Narasopa Island NERFINISHED
Normanby Island
Sanaroa Island NERFINISHED
Sori Island NERFINISHED
Welle Island NERFINISHED
hasLanguage Bwaidoga language
Dobu language
Fergusson Island languages
hasLargestIsland Goodenough Island
hasVegetation tropical rainforest
locatedIn Milne Bay Province
Oceania
southwestern Pacific Ocean
locatedOff eastern tip of New Guinea
locatedOn Goodenough Island
namedAfter Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux
partOf Bismarck Sea region
linked to: Bismarck Sea

Islands Region of Papua New Guinea
separates Coral Sea
Solomon Sea
timeZone UTC+10

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New Guinea hasNearbyIslandGroup Louisiade Archipelago
linked to: D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Solomon Sea hasIslandGroup D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Dobu people locatedIn D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Dobu people archipelago D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Papuan Tip cluster hasGeographicDistribution D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Papuan Tip linkage hasRegion D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Dobu locatedIn D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Milne Bay Province contains D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Bruni d’Entrecasteaux honouredBy D’Entrecasteaux Islands
linked to: D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Papuan Tip languages region D'Entrecasteaux Islands
southeastern Papua New Guinea hasPart D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Papuan Tip of New Guinea contains D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Normanby Island locatedIn D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Normanby Island partOf D'Entrecasteaux Islands archipelago
linked to: D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Normanby Island islandGroup D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Mount Vineuo locatedIn D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Mount Vineuo partOf D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Mount Vineuo mountainRange D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Mount Vineuo isHighestPointOf D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Fergusson Island languages subclassOf D'Entrecasteaux Islands languages
linked to: D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Fergusson Island languages locatedIn D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Alotau servesAsGatewayTo D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Kiriwina-Goodenough District hasIslandGroup D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Kiriwina-Goodenough District partOfIslandGroup D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Massim includesIslandGroup D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Independent State of Papua New Guinea includesIslandGroup D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Iwa Island locatedIn D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Iwa Island partOf D'Entrecasteaux Islands archipelago
linked to: D'Entrecasteaux Islands