The Louisiade Archipelago is a string of ten larger volcanic islands frequently fringed by coral reefs, and 90 smaller coral islands in Papua New Guinea .
12-525: The Sloss Islands are an uninhabited archipelago in Louisiade Archipelago . The Sloss Islands belong to the Calvados Chain . They are densely vegetation-covered coral islands located 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) west of Utian Island and 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) northeast of Pana Varavara . The archipelago consists of two islands, Rara (19 ha ) and Pana Roba (17 ha). The highest elevation on Rara
24-544: A Spanish expedition led by Luis Váez de Torres in 1606, that was part of the Fernandez de Quiros fleet which had sailed from South America in search of Australia. The Torres expedition visited various islands including Basilaki Island , which he named San Buenaventura in July 1606. It is possible that Malay and Chinese sailors also visited the islands earlier. More than a century later, in 1768, Louis Antoine de Bougainville visited
36-647: A distinct ecoregion , and are home to a number of endemic species, including several endemic trees (in genera Pandanus , Diospyros , and Hopea ), as well as five endemic frog species, two endemic lizard species, and five endemic bird species. The archipelago is divided into the Local Level Government (LLG) areas Bwanabwana Rural (western part, with Basilaki ), Louisiade Rural (central part, with Misima ), and Yaleyamba (eastern part, with Rossel and Vanatinai islands). The LLG areas are part of Samarai-Murua District of Milne Bay . The seat of
48-525: Is 35 metres (115 feet). The island is located on the northeast side of Tawal-reef. Pana Roba is on the northwest side of the reef and up to 33 metres (108 feet). Rara, previously inhabited, is now being used as fishermen huts for the men departing from Utian Island . The men are also claiming coconuts on both islands. This article about an island in Papua New Guinea is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Louisiade Archipelago It
60-666: Is located 200 km southeast of New Guinea , stretching over more than 160 kilometres (99 mi) and spread over an ocean area of 26,000 square kilometres (10,000 sq mi) between the Solomon Sea to the north and the Coral Sea to the south. The aggregate land area of the islands is about 1,871 square kilometres (722 sq mi), with Vanatinai (Tagula) being the largest. Rogeia , Samarai and Sariba lie closest to New Guinea, while Misima , Vanatinai , and Rossel islands lie further east. The islands were discovered by
72-439: Is the largest island of the archipelago. Tagula town, the main settlement, is located on the northwest coast. The population was 3,628 as of 2014 . The principal export is copra . The island is 63 kilometres (39 miles) long, stretching from Cape Tagula to Cape Sudest , and up to 13 km (8.1 miles) wide. A wooded mountain range runs through the length of the island, with the summit, Mount Riu (806 metres or 2,644 feet) near
84-622: The Louisiade Rural LLG is Bwagaoia on Misima Island, the population center of the archipelago. The seat of the Yaleyamba is changed every couple of years between Rambuso and Jingo (Rossell). The seat of the Bwanabwana was Samarai from the Louisiade archipelago, but was recently transferred to the mainland of Papua New Guinea to the city of Alotau . The Louisiade Archipelago consists of
96-472: The center. The most important peaks of the range are, from west to east: Most of Tagula island has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) but the main settlement of Tagula, located in the northernmost and driest part of the island, has a tropical monsoon climate (Am). The first recorded sighting by Europeans of Vanatinai Island was by the Spanish expedition of Luís Vaez de Torres on 14 July 1606. The island
108-556: The following island groups and islands: Vanatinai Vanatinai Island (also called Tagula and Sudest , for the names of the extreme capes of the island) is a volcanic island in the southeast of the Louisiade Archipelago within Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea . The reef -fringed island is approximately 360 kilometres (224 miles) southeast of New Guinea and 30 kilometres (19 miles) south of Misima . With an area of 830 square kilometres (320.5 square miles), it
120-537: The islands and named them for Louis XV , the king of France . Visits were also paid by Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux in 1793 and Captain Owen Stanley in 1849. The 1942 Battle of Coral Sea was fought nearby, after Japanese occupation in the same year. The Deboyne Islands were the site of the 1942 Raids on Deboyne . The islands have a moist tropical climate, and are largely covered with tropical moist broadleaf forests . The Louisiade Archipelago rain forests form
132-497: The villagers and several visiting yachties rebuilt the wharf and causeway. The villagers new slogan is "Rambuso Creek the gateway to Sudest". The new wharf helped Rambuso develop and now the busy town has some 500 citizens. The island has an airport, code (IATA-Code „TGL“) for public transport, near Tagula village. Several species are endemic to the island, including the aptly named Tagula white-eye , Tagula honeyeater and Tagula butcherbird . Among frogs, Cophixalus tagulensis
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#1732905102780144-478: Was the site of a gold rush that began in 1888 and peaked in 1889. Gold was found in nearly all of the island's water courses. Rambuso Village is located on the north coast of the eastern part of the island, where Rambuso Creek flows into the Pacific Ocean. Entry through the reef to the harbour is deep and easy to see during daylight. Many visiting yachts and local trading boats use this protected anchorage. In 2010
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