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.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">Rossel Island</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="ib-islands-native">Native name: <div class="nickname" lang="png">Yela Island</div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rossel_Island_PNG_S2Composite.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Rossel_Island_PNG_S2Composite.png/250px-Rossel_Island_PNG_S2Composite.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Rossel_Island_PNG_S2Composite.png/375px-Rossel_Island_PNG_S2Composite.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Rossel_Island_PNG_S2Composite.png/500px-Rossel_Island_PNG_S2Composite.png 2x" data-file-width="1769" data-file-height="896" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A composite satellite image of Rossel Island</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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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:92.672%;left:71.244%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Rossel Island"><img alt="Rossel 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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.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=Rossel_Island&params=11_21_S_154_09_E_region:PG_type:isle_dim:50000_scale:2500000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°21′S</span> <span class="longitude">154°09′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">11.350°S 154.150°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-11.350; 154.150</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-ref1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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">Major islands</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl 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class="hlist"><ul><li>Rossel</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">292.5 km<sup>2</sup> (112.9 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">34 km (21.1 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">11 km (6.8 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">838 m (2749 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest point</th><td class="infobox-data">Mount Rossel</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><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (August 2018)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yaleyamba_Rural_LLG" title="Yaleyamba Rural LLG">Yaleyamba Rural Local Level Government Area</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Island" title="Island">Island Group</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Rossell Islands</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest settlement</th><td class="infobox-data">Jinjo (pop. ~900)</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">5553 (2014)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pop. density</th><td class="infobox-data">19/km<sup>2</sup> (49/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></tbody></table> <p><b>Rossel Island</b> (named after de Rossel, a senior officer on the French expedition of <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Bruni_d%27Entrecasteaux" title="Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux">d'Entrecasteaux</a>, 1791-1793; also known as <b>Yela</b>) is the easternmost island of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiade_Archipelago" title="Louisiade Archipelago">Louisiade Archipelago</a>, within the <a href="/wiki/Milne_Bay_Province" title="Milne Bay Province">Milne Bay Province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>. Tree Islet is situated 1.5 miles (1.3 nmi; 2.4 km) to the north-west, while <a href="/wiki/Wule_Island" title="Wule Island">Wule Island</a> is situated 1.5 miles (1.3 nmi; 2.4 km) westward.<sup id="cite_ref-Admiralty1879_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Admiralty1879-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <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=Rossel_Island&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The mountainous island measures 34 kilometres (21 mi) east-west, and is up to 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) wide. With an area of 292.5 square kilometres (112.9 sq mi), it is the second largest island of the archipelago, after <a href="/wiki/Vanatinai" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanatinai">Vanatinai</a>. The higher parts of the island are almost constantly cloud-capped during the southeast <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pub2004_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pub2004-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mountain ridges form short, narrow crests, with occasional peaks; their outline is smooth, and the ridges are covered with vegetation. Most of the shoreline is either bordered by <a href="/wiki/Mangrove" title="Mangrove">mangroves</a>, with occasional sandy beaches, or covered with jungle. From the bluff to the island's north point, very steep hills slope down to the shore. Between the north point of the island and Cape Deliverance are some well-wooded valleys. The south side of the island consists of numerous points and bays, with steep hill ridges descending to the sea from the high mountain range above.<sup id="cite_ref-Admiralty1879_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Admiralty1879-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mount_Rossel">Mount Rossel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rossel_Island&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mount Rossel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The highest elevation is Mount Rossel, near the eastern end of the island, which rises 838 metres (2,749 ft). This precipitous peak has steep ridges extending to the north and west, but it descends in more gentle slopes southeast to Cape Deliverance, the eastern end of the island. The southwest ridge has two conspicuous peaks each 549 metres (1,801 ft) high. The eastern peak, Mount Mo, is flat-topped. The western peak is conical. At the western end of the island is a conspicuous conical peak 347 metres (1,138 ft) high.<sup id="cite_ref-Pub2004_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pub2004-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reef">Reef</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rossel_Island&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reef"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fringing <a href="/wiki/Coral" title="Coral">coral</a> reef encloses the large Rossel Lagoon in the west and a smaller <a href="/wiki/Lagoon" title="Lagoon">lagoon</a> one in the east. Rossel Lagoon extends almost 40 kilometres (22 nmi; 25 mi) from the northwestern point of the island to Rossel Passage at the western end of the fringing reef. The barrier reef encircling this lagoon is narrow and has four passages through it west of the island. The barrier reef on the south side of the island is unbroken east of Rossel Passage. General depths in the lagoon range from 37 to 64 metres (121 to 210 ft), but numerous scattered shoals lie in it. Few of these shoals dry and the larger ones are usually awash. Since the water is so clear the shoals can usually be distinguished in good light.<sup id="cite_ref-Pub2004_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pub2004-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rossel_Island&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yela island has a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_rainforest_climate" title="Tropical rainforest climate">tropical rainforest climate</a> (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round. The following climate data is for the main settlement of Jinjo. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Jinjo </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.7<br />(87.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.0<br />(84.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.1<br />(82.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(83.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(86.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.7<br />(87.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">29.7<br />(85.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.4<br />(81.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.4<br />(77.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br />(77.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.9<br />(80.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.2<br />(81.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(81.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">311<br />(12.2) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">355<br />(14.0) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">325<br />(12.8) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">377<br />(14.8) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">315<br />(12.4) </td> <td style="background: #008700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">243<br />(9.6) </td> <td style="background: #00A800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">229<br />(9.0) </td> <td style="background: #00AE00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">225<br />(8.9) </td> <td style="background: #006700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">264<br />(10.4) </td> <td style="background: #005500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">285<br />(11.2) </td> <td style="background: #00A600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">223<br />(8.8) </td> <td style="background: #005900; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">282<br />(11.1) </td> <td style="background: #004B00; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3,434<br />(135.2) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Climate-Data.org<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> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <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=Rossel_Island&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rossel Island was first sighted and charted by Europeans on 14 July 1606 by the Spanish expedition of <a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Vaz_de_Torres" title="Luís Vaz de Torres">Luís Vaez de Torres</a>. Together with <a href="/wiki/Tagula_Island" title="Tagula Island">Tagula Island</a> it was charted as <i>Tierra de San Buenaventura</i> (Land of <a href="/wiki/Bonaventure" title="Bonaventure">St. Bonaventure</a>) as it was first sighted on the feast of that saint.<sup id="cite_ref-Hilder_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hilder-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 24">: 24 </span></sup> </p><p>It was named after Elisabeth Paul Eduard de Rossel (1765–1829), French astronomer and <a href="/wiki/Master-at-arms" title="Master-at-arms">Master-at-arms</a>. He was on the <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigate</a> <a href="/wiki/French_ship_Recherche_(1787)" title="French ship Recherche (1787)"><i>Recherche</i></a> with <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Bruni_d%27Entrecasteaux" title="Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux">Joseph Antoine Raymond Bruny d'Entrecasteaux</a> on the search for the missing <a href="/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Galaup,_comte_de_Lap%C3%A9rouse" title="Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse">La Pérouse expedition</a>, which was later written in 1809.<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> </p><p>In 1858, the island became notorious after the French ship <i>Saint Paul</i> transporting over 300 Chinese <a href="/wiki/Coolie" title="Coolie">coolies</a> destined for Australia was wrecked on the island. According to the testimony of survivors, the majority of the Chinese were killed and eaten by the native islanders.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rossel_Island&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rossel Island is thickly wooded and nearly the whole south coast is a dense forest.<sup id="cite_ref-Pub2004_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pub2004-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grassy patches are occasional.<sup id="cite_ref-Admiralty1879_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Admiralty1879-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Guioa_plurinervis" title="Guioa plurinervis">Guioa plurinervis</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Sapindaceae" title="Sapindaceae">Sapindaceae</a>) is endemic to this island.<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><i><a href="/wiki/Rosselia" title="Rosselia">Rosselia</a></i>, which is a genus of <a href="/wiki/Plant" title="Plant">plants</a> in the family <a href="/wiki/Burseraceae" title="Burseraceae">Burseraceae</a> and native to <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>, was named after the island. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rossel_Island&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, the population was 5,553, spread across 31 villages. The main village is Jinjo, on the east coast. The indigenous people speak the <a href="/wiki/Y%C3%A9l%C3%AE_Dnye_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yélî Dnye language">Yélî Dnye language</a>, whose relation to other languages remains uncertain.<sup id="cite_ref-Pub2004_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pub2004-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<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=Rossel_Island&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><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 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