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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralit%C3%A4ts-Inseln" title="Admiralitäts-Inseln – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Admiralitäts-Inseln" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1_%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="جزر أميرالية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جزر أميرالية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islles_del_Almirantalgu" title="Islles del Almirantalgu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Islles del Almirantalgu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Адмиралтейски острови – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Адмиралтейски острови" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inizi_an_Amiraliezh" title="Inizi an Amiraliezh – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Inizi an Amiraliezh" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illes_de_l%27Almirallat" title="Illes de l'Almirallat – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Illes de l'Almirallat" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_Islands_(kapuloan_sa_Nugini_sa_Papua)" title="Admiralty Islands (kapuloan sa Nugini sa Papua) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Admiralty Islands (kapuloan sa Nugini sa Papua)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralitn%C3%AD_ostrovy" title="Admiralitní ostrovy – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Admiralitní ostrovy" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralitets%C3%B8erne" title="Admiralitetsøerne – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Admiralitetsøerne" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralit%C3%A4tsinseln" title="Admiralitätsinseln – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Admiralitätsinseln" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiraliteedisaared" title="Admiraliteedisaared – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Admiraliteedisaared" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%AC_%CE%9D%CE%B1%CF%85%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85" title="Νησιά Ναυαρχείου – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νησιά Ναυαρχείου" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_del_Almirantazgo" title="Islas del Almirantazgo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Islas del Almirantazgo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insuloj_Admiralitato" title="Insuloj Admiralitato – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Insuloj Admiralitato" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almirantegoaren_uharteak" title="Almirantegoaren uharteak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Almirantegoaren uharteak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="جزایر آدمیرالتی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جزایر آدمیرالتی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Eles_de_l%27Amiraut%C3%A9" title="Îles de l'Amirauté – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Îles de l'Amirauté" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illas_do_Almirantado" title="Illas do Almirantado – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Illas do Almirantado" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A0%EB%93%9C%EB%AF%B8%EB%9F%B4%ED%8B%B0_%EC%A0%9C%EB%8F%84" title="애드미럴티 제도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="애드미럴티 제도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BE%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AF%D5%B2%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Ծովակալության կղզիներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ծովակալության կղզիներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepulauan_Admiralty" title="Kepulauan Admiralty – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kepulauan Admiralty" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isole_dell%27Ammiragliato" title="Isole dell'Ammiragliato – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Isole dell'Ammiragliato" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AB%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="საადმირალოს კუნძულები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="საადმირალოს კუნძულები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Адмиралтейство аралдары – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Адмиралтейство аралдары" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%BB%D3%93" title="Адмиралти ошмаотывлӓ – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Адмиралти ошмаотывлӓ" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiraliteto_salos" title="Admiraliteto salos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Admiraliteto salos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralit%C3%A1s-szigetek" title="Admiralitás-szigetek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Admiralitás-szigetek" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BE" title="അഡ്‌മിറാലിറ്റി ദ്വീപുകൾ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അഡ്‌മിറാലിറ്റി ദ്വീപുകൾ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiraliteitseilanden" title="Admiraliteitseilanden – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Admiraliteitseilanden" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%89%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E8%AB%B8%E5%B3%B6" title="アドミラルティ諸島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アドミラルティ諸島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralitets%C3%B8yene" title="Admiralitetsøyene – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Admiralitetsøyene" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralteystvo_orollari" title="Admiralteystvo orollari – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Admiralteystvo orollari" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%B9%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%92" title="اڈمائرلٹی جزیرے – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="اڈمائرلٹی جزیرے" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyspy_Admiralicji" title="Wyspy Admiralicji – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wyspy Admiralicji" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilhas_do_Almirantado" title="Ilhas do Almirantado – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ilhas do Almirantado" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulele_Amiralit%C4%83%C8%9Bii" title="Insulele Amiralității – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Insulele Amiralității" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">2°06′S</span> <span class="longitude">146°57′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">2.100°S 146.950°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-2.100; 146.950</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output 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For the island in Alaska, see <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Island" title="Admiralty Island">Admiralty Island</a>. For the islands of New South Wales, see <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Group" title="Admiralty Group">Admiralty Group</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Island_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Admiralty Island (disambiguation)">Admiralty Island (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Admiralties" redirects here. For the office of the British Royal Navy, see <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_(United_Kingdom)" title="Admiralty (United Kingdom)">Admiralty (United Kingdom)</a>. For the naval rank, see <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129712854">.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-title-embed{background-color:#efefef;font-weight:bold;padding:0.3em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-nick,.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-native{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-native>div{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-header{background-color:#efefef}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country{border-top:1px solid black;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country2{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-below{text-align:left;border-top:#aaa 1px solid}</style><table class="infobox ib-islands vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Admiralty Islands</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Papua_new_guinea_manus_province.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Papua_new_guinea_manus_province.png/260px-Papua_new_guinea_manus_province.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Papua_new_guinea_manus_province.png/390px-Papua_new_guinea_manus_province.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Papua_new_guinea_manus_province.png/520px-Papua_new_guinea_manus_province.png 2x" data-file-width="696" data-file-height="469" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Map of Papua New Guinea. The Admiralty Islands are in the dark red area at the top of the map.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Admiralty_Islands&params=2_06_S_146_57_E_type:isle_region:PG-MRL"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">2°06′S</span> <span class="longitude">146°57′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">2.100°S 146.950°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-2.100; 146.950</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/20px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/31px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/40px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><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"><a href="/wiki/Manus_Province" title="Manus Province">Manus Province</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">60485 (2011 Census)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pop. density</th><td class="infobox-data">28.8/km<sup>2</sup> (74.6/sq mi)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Admiralty Islands</b> are an <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a> group of 40 <a href="/wiki/Island" title="Island">islands</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Bismarck_Archipelago" title="Bismarck Archipelago">Bismarck Archipelago</a>, to the north of <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">South Pacific Ocean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are also sometimes called the <b><a href="/wiki/Manus_Island" title="Manus Island">Manus</a> Islands</b>, after the largest island. </p><p>These rainforest-covered islands constitute <a href="/wiki/Manus_Province" title="Manus Province">Manus Province</a>, the smallest and least-populous province of <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>, in its <a href="/wiki/Islands_Region" title="Islands Region">Islands Region</a>. The total area is 2,100 km<sup>2</sup> (810 sq mi). The province had a population of 60,485 at the 2011 Census. Many of the smaller Admiralty Islands are <a href="/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atolls</a> and uninhabited. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Islands">Islands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Islands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The larger islands in the center of the group are <a href="/wiki/Manus_Island" title="Manus Island">Manus Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Los_Negros_Island" title="Los Negros Island">Los Negros Island</a>. The other larger islands are <a href="/wiki/Tong_Island,_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Tong Island, Papua New Guinea">Tong Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pak_Island" title="Pak Island">Pak Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rambutyo_Island" title="Rambutyo Island">Rambutyo Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Island" title="Lou Island">Lou Island</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Baluan_Island" title="Baluan Island">Baluan Island</a> to the east, Mbuke Island to the south and <a href="/wiki/Bipi_Island" title="Bipi Island">Bipi Island</a> to the west of Manus Island. Other islands that have been noted as significant places in the history of Manus include <a href="/wiki/Ndrova_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Ndrova Island">Ndrova Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pityilu_Island" title="Pityilu Island">Pityilu Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ponam_Island" title="Ponam Island">Ponam Island</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Islands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Admiralty_Islands.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Admiralty_Islands.png/300px-Admiralty_Islands.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Admiralty_Islands.png/450px-Admiralty_Islands.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Admiralty_Islands.png/600px-Admiralty_Islands.png 2x" data-file-width="5400" data-file-height="5400" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Manus_Island" title="Manus Island">Manus</a> is the largest of the Admiralty Islands.</figcaption></figure> <p>The temperature of the Admiralty Islands varies little throughout the year, reaching daily highs of 30–32 °C (86–90 °F) and 20–24 °C (68–75 °F) at night. Average annual rainfall is 3,382 mm (133 in) and is somewhat seasonal, with June–August being the wettest months.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Manus reaches an elevation of 700 m (2,300 ft) and is volcanic in origin and probably broke through the ocean's surface in the late <a href="/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene">Miocene</a>, 8–10 million years ago. The substrate of the island is either directly volcanic or from uplifted coral limestone.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The main town in the islands is <a href="/wiki/Lorengau" title="Lorengau">Lorengau</a> on Manus, connected by road to an airport on nearby <a href="/wiki/Los_Negros_Island" title="Los Negros Island">Los Negros Island</a>, otherwise transport around the islands is by boat. There is little tourism, although the seas are attractive to divers, including <a href="/wiki/Jean-Michel_Cousteau" title="Jean-Michel Cousteau">Jean-Michel Cousteau</a> who spent time on nearby <a href="/wiki/Wuvulu_Island" title="Wuvulu Island">Wuvulu Island</a> in the 1970s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Islands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to the isolated location, the rain forests of the Admiralty Islands are home to rare and <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> species of birds, bats and other animals, and are considered a separate <a href="/wiki/Ecoregion" title="Ecoregion">ecoregion</a>, the <b>Admiralty Islands lowland rain forests</b>. The majority of the forests on Manus still remain, but some of the smaller islands have been cleared for coconut farming. The typical tree species are various <i><a href="/wiki/Calophyllum" title="Calophyllum">Calophyllum</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Sararanga" title="Sararanga">Sararanga</a></i> species.<sup id="cite_ref-wwf_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwf-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 58.5 km<sup>2</sup> (22.6 sq mi) Ndrolowa Wildlife Management Area was created in March 1985 south of <a href="/wiki/Lorengau" title="Lorengau">Lorengau</a> on Manus Island and contains both terrestrial and marine regions.<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> A further 240 km<sup>2</sup> (93 sq mi) protected area has been established around the highest mountain on Manus, Mount Dremsel, but the level of protection remains undetermined in the UNEP World Database on Protected Areas.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three of the bird species endemic to Admiralty Islands have been listed as <a href="/wiki/Vulnerable_species" title="Vulnerable species">vulnerable</a> in the <a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List</a>: <a href="/wiki/Manus_fantail" title="Manus fantail">Manus fantail</a> (<i>Rhipidura semirubra</i>), <a href="/wiki/Superb_pitta" title="Superb pitta">superb pitta</a> (<i>Pitta superba</i>) and <a href="/wiki/Manus_masked_owl" title="Manus masked owl">Manus masked owl</a> (<i>Tyto manusi</i>). Three other birds are endemic to Admiralty Islands but are classified as non-threatened or least concern: <a href="/wiki/White-naped_friarbird" class="mw-redirect" title="White-naped friarbird">white-naped friarbird</a> (<i>Philemon albitorques</i>), <a href="/wiki/Manus_monarch" title="Manus monarch">Manus monarch</a> (<i>Monarcha infelix</i>) and <a href="/wiki/Manus_hawk_owl" class="mw-redirect" title="Manus hawk owl">Manus hawk owl</a> (<i>Ninox meeki</i>). Birds found mainly but not exclusively on the Admiralty Islands include <a href="/wiki/Melanesian_megapode" title="Melanesian megapode">Melanesian megapode</a> (<i>Megapodius eremita</i>), <a href="/wiki/Yellow-bibbed_fruit-dove" class="mw-redirect" title="Yellow-bibbed fruit-dove">yellow-bibbed fruit-dove</a> (<i>Ptilinopus solomonensis</i>), <a href="/wiki/Yellowish_imperial-pigeon" class="mw-redirect" title="Yellowish imperial-pigeon">yellowish imperial-pigeon</a> (<i>Ducula subflavescens</i>), <a href="/wiki/Pied_cuckoo-dove" title="Pied cuckoo-dove">pied cuckoo-dove</a> (<i>Reinwardtoena browni</i>), <a href="/wiki/Meek%27s_pygmy_parrot" title="Meek's pygmy parrot">Meek's pygmy parrot</a> (<i>Micropsitta meeki</i>), <a href="/wiki/Black-headed_white-eye" class="mw-redirect" title="Black-headed white-eye">black-headed white-eye</a> (<i>Zosterops hypoxanthus</i>) and <a href="/wiki/Ebony_myzomela" class="mw-redirect" title="Ebony myzomela">ebony myzomela</a> (<i>Myzomela pammelaena</i>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Mammals found only here or on nearby island groups include the large <a href="/wiki/Fruit_bat" class="mw-redirect" title="Fruit bat">fruit bats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_flying-fox" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiralty flying-fox">Admiralty flying-fox</a> (<i>Pteropus admiralitatum</i>), Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat (<i>Dobsonia anderseni</i>) and <a href="/wiki/Seri%27s_sheathtail-bat" class="mw-redirect" title="Seri's sheathtail-bat">Seri's sheathtail-bat</a> (<i>Emballonura serii</i>) while the two pure-endemics are <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Island_cuscus" title="Admiralty Island cuscus">Admiralty Island cuscus</a> (<i>Spilocuscus kraemeri</i>) and a local <a href="/wiki/Melomys" title="Melomys">mosaic-tailed rat</a> (<i>Melomys matambuai</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-wwf_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwf-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The islands are home to two endemic <i><a href="/wiki/Cornufer" title="Cornufer">Cornufer</a></i> frogs (<i><a href="/wiki/Cornufer_admiraltiensis" title="Cornufer admiraltiensis">Cornufer admiraltiensis</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Cornufer_latro" title="Cornufer latro">Cornufer latro</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and four lizards, while the <a href="/wiki/Emerald_green_snail" title="Emerald green snail">emerald green snail</a> of Manus was the first terrestrial snail to be listed as vulnerable by the IUCN. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Islands&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prehistory">Prehistory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Islands&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Prehistory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Along with <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bismarck_Archipelago" title="Bismarck Archipelago">Bismarck Archipelago</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_(archipelago)" title="Solomon Islands (archipelago)">Solomon Islands Archipelago</a>, the Admiralty Islands were first inhabited approximately 40,000 years<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> ago, in the initial wave of migration out of <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> that also populated <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. This early society appears to have cultivated <a href="/wiki/Taro" title="Taro">taro</a>, and to have deliberately introduced wild animals from New Guinea such as <a href="/wiki/Bandicoot" title="Bandicoot">bandicoots</a> and large <a href="/wiki/Rat" title="Rat">rats</a>. <a href="/wiki/Obsidian" title="Obsidian">Obsidian</a> was gathered and traded throughout the Admiralty Islands archipelago.<sup id="cite_ref-campac_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campac-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Lapita" class="mw-redirect" title="Lapita">Lapita</a> culture arose around 3,500 years ago, and its extent ranged from the Admiralty Islands to <a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a>. Its origins are contested, but it may well have been a product of another wave of migration from Southeast Asia. Lapita society featured renowned <a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">pottery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stilt_houses" class="mw-redirect" title="Stilt houses">stilt houses</a>, the introduction of domestic animals such as <a href="/wiki/Pig" title="Pig">pigs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dog" title="Dog">dogs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chicken" title="Chicken">chickens</a>, and substantial developments in agriculture and boat technology, allowing long-distance trade to develop. Lapita society, as a distinct culture and extended trade network, collapsed around 2,000 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-campac_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campac-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_and_Japanese_periods">European and Japanese periods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Islands&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: European and Japanese periods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> to visit the islands was the Spanish navigator <a href="/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_de_Saavedra_Cer%C3%B3n" title="Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón">Álvaro de Saavedra</a> when trying to return from <a href="/wiki/Tidore" title="Tidore">Tidore</a> to <a href="/wiki/New_Spain" title="New Spain">New Spain</a> in the summer of 1528.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saavedra charted Manus as <i>Urays la Grande</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its visit was also reported in 1616 by the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a> navigator <a href="/wiki/Willem_Schouten" title="Willem Schouten">Willem Schouten</a>. The name 'Admiralty Islands' was devised by Captain <a href="/wiki/Philip_Carteret" title="Philip Carteret">Philip Carteret</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">British Royal Navy</a> in 1767.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1884 and 1914 the area was administered as a <a href="/wiki/German_New_Guinea" title="German New Guinea">German colony</a>. In November 1914, the islands were occupied by troops of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Naval_and_Military_Expeditionary_Force" title="Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force">Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force</a> landed from the SS <i>Siar</i>. A few shots fired from a machine gun on <i>Siar</i> over the heads of the tiny German garrison at <a href="/wiki/Lorengau" title="Lorengau">Lorengau</a> were the last shots fired in the battle. After the war, the islands were governed by the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth of Australia">Commonwealth of Australia</a> under a <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate" title="League of Nations mandate">League of Nations mandate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> troops landed on <a href="/wiki/Manus_Island" title="Manus Island">Manus Island</a> on 7 April 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1944, Japanese forces occupying the islands were attacked and defeated by <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> forces in <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Islands_campaign" title="Admiralty Islands campaign">Operation Brewer</a>. Subsequently, a large <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> airbase and <a href="/wiki/Manus_Naval_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Manus Naval Base">Manus Naval Base</a> was built at Lombrum near Lorengau.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independence">Independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Islands&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following <a href="/wiki/History_of_Papua_New_Guinea#Independence" title="History of Papua New Guinea">Papuan independence</a> in 1975, the Admiralty Islands became part of <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>They became the <a href="/wiki/Manus_Province" title="Manus Province">Manus Province</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Islands_Region" title="Islands Region">Islands Region</a> in Papua New Guinea.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Islands&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Admiralty (disambiguation)">Admiralty (disambiguation)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Islands_languages" title="Admiralty Islands languages">Admiralty Islands languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/US_Naval_Advance_Bases" title="US Naval Advance Bases">US Naval Advance Bases</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Islands&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Admiralty-Islands">"Admiralty Islands | Melanesian, Bismarck Archipelago, Manus Island | Britannica"</a>. <i>www.britannica.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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