New Ireland Island (Papua New Guinea)
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Name (Hebrew)
אירלנד החדשה (פפואה גינאה החדשה : אי)
Name (Latin)
New Ireland Island (Papua New Guinea)
Other forms of name
Neu-Irland (Papua New Guinea)
Neu-Mecklenburg (Papua New Guinea)
Nova Hibernia (Papua New Guinea)
Tombara (Papua New Guinea)
Coordinates
152 152 -3.33 -3.33 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Islands Papua New Guinea
See Also From tracing place name
Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea)
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q215089
Library of congress:
sh2004003610
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 2004628078: Hohnen, P.D. New Ireland and Tabar Islands, Papua New Guinea, 1975.
- GEOnet, Jan. 20, 2004(New Ireland; ISL; 3⁰20ʹS, 152⁰00ʹE; New Ireland Province; variants: Tombara, Nova Hibernia, New Ireland Island, Neu-Mecklenburg, Neu-Irland)
- Col. gaz., c1998:p. 2160 (New Ireland, volcanic island; SW Pacific, in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of Papua New Guinea; New Ireland is largely mountainous, rising to c.4,000 ft/1,220 m. Much of the isl. is under cultivation, esp. the E coast. Kavieng is the chief town and port. The isl. was sighted in 1616, but until 1797 it was thought to be part of New Britain, from which it is separated by a 20-mi/32-km channel. The isl. was a German protectorate from 1884 to 1914 and was called Neu Mecklenburg (New Mecklenburg) by the Germans)
- Web. geog., c1997:p. 813 (New Ireland)
Wikipedia description:
New Ireland (Tok Pisin: Niu Ailan), or Latangai, is a large island in Papua New Guinea, approximately 7,404 km2 (2,859 sq mi) in area with c. 120,000 people. It is named after the island of Ireland. It is the largest island of New Ireland Province, lying northeast of the island of New Britain. Both islands are part of the Bismarck Archipelago, named after Otto von Bismarck, and they are separated by Saint George's Channel. The administrative centre of the island and of New Ireland province is the town of Kavieng located at the northern end of the island. While the island was part of German New Guinea, it was named Neumecklenburg ("New Mecklenburg").
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