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Featured Articles - Papua New Guinea

This article is about the country.

Capital (and largest city) Port Moresby
Official language(s) English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu
Demonym – Papua New Guinean
Government – Federal Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy

  • Monarch – Elizabeth II
  • Independence from Australia on 16 September 1975
  • Area Total  462,840 km2 (54th)

GEOGRAPHY

Geography of Papua New Guinea:

At 462,840 km2 (178,704 sq mi), Papua New Guinea is the world's fifty-fourth largest country. Including all its islands, it lies between latitudes 0° and 12°S, and longitudes 140° and 160°E.

The country's geography is diverse and, in places, extremely rugged. A spine of mountains, the New Guinea Highlands, runs the length of the island of New Guinea, forming a populous highlands region mostly covered with tropical rainforest. Dense rainforests can be found in the lowland and coastal areas as well as very large wetland areas surrounding the Sepik and Fly rivers. This terrain has made it difficult for the country to develop transportation infrastructure. In some areas, airplanes are the only mode of transport. The highest peak is Mount Wilhelm at 4,509 metres (14,793 ft). Papua New Guinea is surrounded by coral reefs which are under close watch to preserve them.

The country is situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire, at the point of collision of several tectonic plates. There are a number of active volcanoes, and eruptions are frequent. Earthquakes are relatively common, sometimes accompanied by tsunamis.

The mainland of the country is the eastern half of New Guinea island, where the largest towns are also located, including the capital Port Moresby and Lae; other major islands within Papua New Guinea include New Ireland, New Britain, Manus and Bougainville.

Papua New Guinea is one of the few regions close to the equator that experience snowfall, which occurs in the most elevated parts of the mainland.

Misima Island

Location within Louisiade Archipelago

Misima (formerly called St. Aignan) is a volcanic island in the northwest of Louisiade Archipelago within Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The island measures 40 km by 10 km and has an area of 2,025 km². It is located some 20 km north of the northwest extreme of the barrier reef of Vanatinai at Isu Raua Raua Island, and 80 km northwest of Vanatinai Island itself. Misima is mountainous and densely forested. Mt. Koia Tau, at a height of 1,036 meters, is the highest peak of the Louisiade Archipelago.

With a population of 5,000, Misima is the most heavily populated island in the archipelago.

Misima has a working airport (two flights weekly to the mainland), a high school (grades 7-10), a small market, a few small stores and a clinic/hospital – all of which are located in Bwagaoia.

The main language of the island is also called Misiman, though many residents speak English.

UMACO’s Primary interests within Milne Bay PNG sits directly over these resources.

This is where precious and base metals are grown naturally at quantum grades beyond crustal land base metal provinces. The exhaultation from the vents fumes out in continuous cloud plumes and decends to form massive broad deep metal horizons over the sea bed. This contains gold and other precious metals, copper, lead, zinc and iron etc.