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alt="Quessant Island is located in Papua New Guinea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg/260px-Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg/390px-Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg/520px-Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2280" data-file-height="1370" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:90.948%;left:56.269%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Quessant Island"><img alt="Quessant Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" 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class="infobox-label">Archipelago</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Louisiade_Archipelago" title="Louisiade Archipelago">Louisiade Archipelago</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Adjacent to</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Sea" title="Solomon Sea">Solomon Sea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total islands</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">0.41 km<sup>2</sup> (0.16 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">1 km (0.6 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">0.5 km (0.31 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">10 m (30 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Provinces of Papua New Guinea">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Milne_Bay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Milne_Bay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Milne_Bay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Milne_Bay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Milne_Bay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Milne_Bay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="562" data-file-height="374" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Milne_Bay_Province" title="Milne Bay Province">Milne Bay</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_and_LLGs_of_Papua_New_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts and LLGs of Papua New Guinea">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samarai-Murua_District" title="Samarai-Murua District">Samarai-Murua District</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_and_LLGs_of_Papua_New_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts and LLGs of Papua New Guinea">LLG</a><sup id="cite_ref-ref2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Louisiade_Rural_LLG" title="Louisiade Rural LLG">Louisiade Rural Local Level Government Area</a> \ Yaleyamba Rural LLG \ Bwanabwana</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Island" title="Island">Island Group</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wari_Island" title="Wari Island">Wari Islands</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">0 (2014)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pop. density</th><td class="infobox-data">0/km<sup>2</sup> (0/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ethnic groups</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Papuan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Papuan people">Papauans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austronesians" class="mw-redirect" title="Austronesians">Austronesians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melanesians" title="Melanesians">Melanesians</a>.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Additional information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Australia" title="Time in Australia">AEST</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B10" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+10">UTC+10</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:PG" title="ISO 3166-2:PG">ISO code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">PG-MBA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://oceandots.com/pacific/png/deboyne.php">web<wbr />.archive<wbr />.org<wbr />/web<wbr />/20101223043232<wbr />/http:<wbr />//oceandots<wbr />.com<wbr />/pacific<wbr />/png<wbr />/deboyne<wbr />.php</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Quessant (Tariwerwi or Ouessant) is an uninhabited island in the <a href="/wiki/Louisiade_Archipelago" title="Louisiade Archipelago">Louisiade Archipelago</a>. Politically, it is part of <a href="/wiki/Milne_Bay_Province" title="Milne Bay Province">Milne Bay Province</a> in southeastern <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>. Quessant is located 30 km southeast of <a href="/wiki/Wari_Island" title="Wari Island">Wari</a> on the northeastern border of the coastal reef. The coral island is low and covered with delicious vegetation. Three reefs are located between Quessant and the <a href="/wiki/Stuers_Islands" title="Stuers Islands">Stuers Islands</a>, about 16 km to the northwest. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Louis_Antoine_de_Bougainville" title="Louis Antoine de Bougainville">Louis Antoine de Bougainville</a> discovered the island on June 17, 1768, and named them for their resemblance to <a href="/wiki/Ushant" title="Ushant">Ushant</a>, the French island near <a href="/wiki/Brest,_France" title="Brest, France">Brest</a>, the starting point of his circumnavigation.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quessant_Island&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ref1-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ref1_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TnHGVP_BfgUC&pg=PA168">Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute</a>, p. 168</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ref2-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ref2_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100811055024/http://www.pngimr.org.pg/png_med_journal/Empowerment%20-%20Sep_Dec%202000.pdf">LLG map</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Louis Antoine de Bougainville: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vers-les-iles.fr/livres/Iroise/Bougainville.html">Voyage autour du monde, par la frégate du Roi 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Island">Fergusson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodenough_Island" title="Goodenough Island">Goodenough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normanby_Island_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Normanby Island (Papua New Guinea)">Normanby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanaroa_Island" title="Sanaroa Island">Sanaroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagifa_Island" title="Wagifa Island">Wagifa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dart_Reefs" title="Dart Reefs">Dart Reefs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daru_Island" title="Daru Island">Daru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goaribari_Island" title="Goaribari Island">Goaribari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiwai_Island" title="Kiwai Island">Kiwai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mailu_Island" title="Mailu Island">Mailu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuakata_Island" title="Nuakata Island">Nuakata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nukumanu_Islands" title="Nukumanu Islands">Nukumanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purutu_Island" title="Purutu Island">Purutu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seleo_Island" title="Seleo Island">Seleo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trobriand_Islands" title="Trobriand Islands">Trobriands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kiriwina" title="Kiriwina">Kiriwina</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tumleo_Island" title="Tumleo Island">Tumleo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vitu_Islands" title="Vitu Islands">Vitu Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unea_Island" title="Unea Island">Unea</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabuda_Island" title="Wabuda Island">Wabuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodlark_Island" title="Woodlark Island">Woodlark</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boagis_Island" title="Boagis Island">Boagis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madau" title="Madau">Madau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Bennett_Islands" title="Marshall Bennett Islands">Marshall Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nubara" title="Nubara">Nubara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nusam" title="Nusam">Nusam</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_Island" title="Yule Island">Yule</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bismarck_Archipelago" title="Bismarck Archipelago">Bismarck Archipelago</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Islands" title="Admiralty Islands">Admiralty Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baluan_Island" title="Baluan Island">Baluan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ndrova_Island" title="Big Ndrova Island">Big Ndrova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bipi_Island" title="Bipi Island">Bipi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Ndrova_Island" title="Little Ndrova Island">Little Ndrova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Negros_Island" title="Los Negros Island">Los Negros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Island" title="Lou Island">Lou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manus_Island" title="Manus Island">Manus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pak_Island" title="Pak Island">Pak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pam_Islands" title="Pam Islands">Pam Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pityilu_Island" title="Pityilu Island">Pityilu Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponam_Island" title="Ponam Island">Ponam Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purdy_Islands" title="Purdy Islands">Purdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Andrews_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Andrews Islands">St. Andrews Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rambutyo_Island" title="Rambutyo Island">Rambutyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tong_Island,_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Tong Island, Papua New Guinea">Tong</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baudisson_Island" title="Baudisson Island">Baudisson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagabag_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Bagabag (Papua New Guinea)">Bagabag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York_Islands" title="Duke of York Islands">Duke of York Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York_Island,_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Duke of York Island, Papua New Guinea">Duke of York Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabakon" title="Kabakon">Kabakon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerawara" title="Kerawara">Kerawara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makada" title="Makada">Makada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mioko_Island" title="Mioko Island">Mioko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mualim_Island" title="Mualim Island">Mualim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulu_(Island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulu (Island)">Ulu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyaul_Island" title="Dyaul Island">Dyaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feni_Islands" title="Feni Islands">Feni Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambitle" title="Ambitle">Ambitle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babase_Island" title="Babase Island">Babase</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karkar_Island" title="Karkar Island">Karkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lihir_Group" title="Lihir Group">Lihir Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lihir_Island" title="Lihir Island">Lihir Island</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Island_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Long Island (Papua New Guinea)">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manam_Motu" title="Manam Motu">Manam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manne_Island" title="Manne Island">Manne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Britain" title="New Britain">New Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hanover_Island" title="New Hanover Island">New Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Ireland_(island)" title="New Ireland (island)">New Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patio_Island" title="Patio Island">Patio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritter_Island" title="Ritter Island">Ritter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Matthias_Islands" title="St Matthias Islands">St Matthias Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emirau_Island" title="Emirau Island">Emirau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mussau_Island" title="Mussau Island">Mussau</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakar_Island" title="Sakar Island">Sakar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schouten_Islands_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Schouten Islands (Papua New Guinea)">Schouten Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bam_Island_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Bam Island (Papua New Guinea)">Bam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blup_Blup" title="Blup Blup">Blup Blup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadovar" title="Kadovar">Kadovar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blup_Blup" title="Blup Blup">Mut Mut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vial_Island" title="Vial Island">Vial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selapiu_Island" title="Selapiu Island">Selapiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabar_Group" title="Tabar Group">Tabar Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Simberi_Island" title="Simberi Island">Simberi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabar_Island" title="Tabar Island">Tabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatau_Island" title="Tatau Island">Tatau</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanga_Islands" title="Tanga Islands">Tanga Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boang_Island" title="Boang Island">Boang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lif_Island" title="Lif Island">Lif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malendok_Island" title="Malendok Island">Malendok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tefa_Island" title="Tefa Island">Tefa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tolokiwa_Island" title="Tolokiwa Island">Tolokiwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsoilaunung_Island" title="Tsoilaunung Island">Tsoilaunung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umboi_Island" title="Umboi Island">Umboi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Islands,_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Western Islands, Papua New Guinea">Western Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aua_Island" title="Aua Island">Aua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermit_Islands" title="Hermit Islands">Hermit Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaniet_Islands" title="Kaniet Islands">Kaniet Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninigo_Islands" title="Ninigo Islands">Ninigo Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sae_Island" title="Sae Island">Sae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wuvulu_Island" title="Wuvulu Island">Wuvulu</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Louisiade_Archipelago" title="Louisiade Archipelago">Louisiade Archipelago</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bonvouloir_Islands" title="Bonvouloir Islands">Bonvouloir Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Island,_Papua_New_Guinea" title="East Island, Papua New Guinea">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Island_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Hastings Island (Papua New Guinea)">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strathord_Islands" title="Strathord Islands">Strathord Islands</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvados_Chain" title="Calvados Chain">Calvados Chain</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagaman_Island" title="Bagaman Island">Bagaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulewa_Island" title="Gulewa Island">Gulewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemenahei_Island" title="Hemenahei Island">Hemenahei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwanak_Island" title="Kuwanak Island">Kuwanak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motorina_Island" title="Motorina Island">Motorina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pana_Wina_Island" title="Pana Wina Island">Pana Wina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utian_Island" title="Utian Island">Utian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conflict_Group" title="Conflict Group">Conflict Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Auriroa_Island" title="Auriroa Island">Auriroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunn_Island" title="Lunn Island">Lunn</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daloloia_Group" title="Daloloia Group">Daloloia Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deboyne_Islands" title="Deboyne Islands">Deboyne Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Panaeati_Island" title="Panaeati Island">Panaeati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panapompom_Islands" title="Panapompom Islands">Panapompom</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchateau_Islands" title="Duchateau Islands">Duchateau Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumoulin_Islands_(Louisiade)" title="Dumoulin Islands (Louisiade)">Dumoulin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engineer_Islands" title="Engineer Islands">Engineer Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misima_Island" title="Misima Island">Misima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jomard_Islands" title="Jomard Islands">Jomard Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Panarairai_Island" title="Panarairai Island">Panarairai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pana_Tinani" title="Pana Tinani">Pana Tinani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocklington_Reef" title="Pocklington Reef">Pocklington Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renard_Islands" title="Renard Islands">Renard Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rossel_Island_(Yela)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rossel Island (Yela)">Rossel (Yela)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samarai_Islands" title="Samarai Islands">Samarai Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basilaki_Island" title="Basilaki Island">Basilaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonubalabala_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Gonubalabala Island">Gonubalabala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kui_Island" title="Kui Island">Kui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samarai" title="Samarai">Samarai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sideia_Island" title="Sideia Island">Sideia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanatinai" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanatinai">Vanatinai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeina_Island" title="Yeina Island">Yeina</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Solomon_Islands" title="North Solomon Islands">North Solomon Islands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bougainville_Island" title="Bougainville Island">Bougainville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buka_Island" title="Buka Island">Buka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carteret_Islands" title="Carteret Islands">Carteret Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Islands_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Green Islands (Papua New Guinea)">Green Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barahun_Island" title="Barahun Island">Barahun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nissan_Island" title="Nissan Island">Nissan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinipel_Island" title="Pinipel Island">Pinipel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirot_Island" title="Sirot Island">Sirot</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takuu_Atoll" title="Takuu Atoll">Takuu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/New_guinea_blank.svg/16px-New_guinea_blank.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="8" class="mw-file-element" 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