Woodlark Island

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Woodlark Island is a remote island in Papua New Guinea’s Milne Bay Province, notable for its role as a World War II military staging area and its rich tropical biodiversity.

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Woodlark Island canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
island
alsoKnownAs Murua
Muyua
continent Australia
country Papua New Guinea
countryCapital none
governedBy Milne Bay Provincial Government
linked to: Milne Bay Province
hasAirport Guasopa Airport
hasBiodiversityStatus high endemism potential
hasCharacteristic remote location
rich tropical biodiversity
hasClimate tropical
hasConservationConcern threats from logging
hasEconomicActivity fishing
small-scale forestry
subsistence agriculture
hasEcosystem tropical coastal ecosystem
tropical rainforest
hasHistoricalPeriod World War II
hasIndigenousPeople Woodlark Islanders
hasLandingDate 1943-06-30
hasLanguage Woodlark Island language
hasMilitaryHistoryEvent Operation Chronicle
hasMilitaryInstallation airfield constructed by Allied forces during World War II
hasNaturalResource tropical timber
hasNearbyIslandGroup Louisiade Archipelago
Trobriand Islands
hasRunwaySurface unsealed (Guasopa Airport)
hasSettlement Guasopa
locatedEastOf New Guinea
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Milne Bay Province
locatedInArchipelago Woodlark Islands
locatedInBodyOfWater Solomon Sea
locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
locatedInRegion Melanesia
Oceania
locatedNorthOf Milne Bay
partOf Papua New Guinea Islands Region
Woodlark Islands
sovereignState Papua New Guinea
timeZone UTC+10
usedAs World War II military staging area
usedByMilitaryForce Allied forces
United States Army

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Operation Chronicle location Woodlark Island
Milne Bay Province contains Woodlark Island
southeastern Papua New Guinea hasPart Woodlark Island