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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islles_d%27Entrecasteaux" title="Islles d'Entrecasteaux – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Islles d'Entrecasteaux" 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%94%27%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE_(%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8)" title="Д'Антрекасто (острови) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Д'Антрекасто (острови)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Entrecasteaux_Islands" title="D'Entrecasteaux Islands – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="D'Entrecasteaux Islands" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%E2%80%99Entrecasteaux-Inseln" title="D’Entrecasteaux-Inseln – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="D’Entrecasteaux-Inseln" 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/D%27Entrecasteaux%27_saared" title="D'Entrecasteaux' saared – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="D'Entrecasteaux' saared" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_de_Entrecasteaux" title="Islas de Entrecasteaux – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Islas de Entrecasteaux" 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/D%27Entrecasteaux" title="D'Entrecasteaux – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="D'Entrecasteaux" 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/D%27Entrecasteaux_uharteak" title="D'Entrecasteaux uharteak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="D'Entrecasteaux 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%AF_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3" title="جزایر د انترکاستوکس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جزایر د انترکاستوکس" 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_d%27Entrecasteaux" title="Îles d'Entrecasteaux – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Îles d'Entrecasteaux" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%B9%ED%8A%B8%EB%A5%B4%EC%B9%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%86%A0_%EC%A0%9C%EB%8F%84" title="당트르카스토 제도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="당트르카스토 제도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepulauan_D%27Entrecasteaux" title="Kepulauan D'Entrecasteaux – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kepulauan D'Entrecasteaux" 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_di_D%27Entrecasteaux" title="Isole di D'Entrecasteaux – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Isole di D'Entrecasteaux" 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%93%E2%80%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%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="დ’ანტრკასტოს კუნძულები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დ’ანტრკასტოს კუნძულები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%27%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%BB%D3%93" title="Д'Антркасто ошмаотывлӓ – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Д'Антркасто 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/D%27Antrkasto_salos" title="D'Antrkasto salos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="D'Antrkasto salos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B9" title="दांत्रेकास्तू द्वीपसमूह – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="दांत्रेकास्तू द्वीपसमूह" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E2%80%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="დ’ანტრკასტოშ კოკეფი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="დ’ანტრკასტოშ კოკეფი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Entrecasteaux-eilanden" title="D'Entrecasteaux-eilanden – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="D'Entrecasteaux-eilanden" 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%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E8%AB%B8%E5%B3%B6" title="ダントルカストー諸島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ダントルカストー諸島" 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/D%E2%80%99Entrecasteaux-%C3%B8yene" title="D’Entrecasteaux-øyene – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="D’Entrecasteaux-øyene" 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-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%92" title="دانترا کاسترو جزیرے – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="دانترا کاسترو 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_d%E2%80%99Entrecasteaux" title="Wyspy d’Entrecasteaux – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wyspy d’Entrecasteaux" 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_d%27Entrecasteaux" title="Ilhas d'Entrecasteaux – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ilhas d'Entrecasteaux" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%94%E2%80%99%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE" title="Острова Д’Антркасто – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Острова Д’Антркасто" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%E2%80%99Entrecasteaux%E2%80%99nsaaret" title="D’Entrecasteaux’nsaaret – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="D’Entrecasteaux’nsaaret" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Entrecasteaux-%C3%B6arna" title="D'Entrecasteaux-öarna – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="D'Entrecasteaux-öarna" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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Islands</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Karta_PG_D%C2%B4Entrecasteaux_isl.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Karta_PG_D%C2%B4Entrecasteaux_isl.PNG/260px-Karta_PG_D%C2%B4Entrecasteaux_isl.PNG" decoding="async" width="260" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Karta_PG_D%C2%B4Entrecasteaux_isl.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">D'Entrecasteaux Islands.</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 .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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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=D%27Entrecasteaux_Islands&params=9_39_S_150_42_E_type:isle"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°39′S</span> <span class="longitude">150°42′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">9.650°S 150.700°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-9.650; 150.700</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="" 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style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span></span>/</a></span></span> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[dɑ̃tʁəkasto]</a></span>) are situated near the eastern tip of <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Sea" title="Solomon Sea">Solomon Sea</a> in <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>. The group spans a distance of 160 km (99 mi), has a total land area of approximately 3,100 km<sup>2</sup> (1,197 sq mi) and is separated from the Papua New Guinea mainland by the 30 km (19 mi) wide <a href="/wiki/Ward_Hunt_Strait" title="Ward Hunt Strait">Ward Hunt Strait</a> in the north and the 18 km (11 mi) wide <a href="/w/index.php?title=Goschen_Strait&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Goschen Strait (page does not exist)">Goschen Strait</a> in the south. D'Entrecasteaux Islands show signs of <a href="/wiki/Volcanism" title="Volcanism">volcanism</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%27Entrecasteaux_Islands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DEntrecasteauxIslandsTopography.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/DEntrecasteauxIslandsTopography.png/250px-DEntrecasteauxIslandsTopography.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/DEntrecasteauxIslandsTopography.png/375px-DEntrecasteauxIslandsTopography.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/DEntrecasteauxIslandsTopography.png/500px-DEntrecasteauxIslandsTopography.png 2x" data-file-width="1924" data-file-height="1721" /></a><figcaption>Topographic map of D'Entrecasteaux Islands. Large islands from Northwest to Southeast: <a href="/wiki/Goodenough_Island" title="Goodenough Island">Goodenough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fergusson_Island" title="Fergusson Island">Fergusson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Normanby_Island_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Normanby Island (Papua New Guinea)">Normanby</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The three principal islands, from northwest to southeast, are <a href="/wiki/Goodenough_Island" title="Goodenough Island">Goodenough</a> (Nidula<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>), then across Moresby Strait to <a href="/wiki/Fergusson_Island" title="Fergusson Island">Fergusson</a> (Moratau<sup id="cite_ref-UNEP_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNEP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), the largest of the three, and across Dawson Strait to <a href="/wiki/Normanby_Island_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Normanby Island (Papua New Guinea)">Normanby Island</a> (Duau<sup id="cite_ref-UNEP_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNEP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). </p><p>In addition there are numerous small islands and reefs. <a href="/wiki/Sanaroa_Island" title="Sanaroa Island">Sanaroa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dobu_Island" title="Dobu Island">Dobu</a> are the most significant of the smaller islands, while Sori or Wild is named for <a href="/wiki/Challenger_expedition" title="Challenger expedition">HMS <i>Challenger'</i>s</a> artist, <a href="/wiki/John_James_Wild" title="John James Wild">John James Wild</a>. The highest peak in the group is the 2,536 metres (8,320 ft) <a href="/wiki/Mount_Vineuo" title="Mount Vineuo">Mount Vineuo</a> on Goodenough Island. </p><p>The D'Entrecasteaux Islands are volcanically active, with a number of areas of historic/geologic volcanism and active <a href="/wiki/Geothermal_activity" title="Geothermal activity">geothermal</a> fields. Fergusson Island has three volcanic masses over 1,828 m (5,997 ft) high.<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> There are geothermal areas in the south east area of Goodenough Island<sup id="cite_ref-si-goodenough_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si-goodenough-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Bwabwadana and Iamalele<sup id="cite_ref-si-iamalele_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si-iamalele-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on Fergusson Island. A particularly active hot springs is located at Deidei on Fergusson.<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. (February 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Between Fergusson and Normanby Islands the Dawson Straits Group has several volcanic centres that may define a partly submerged <a href="/wiki/Caldera" title="Caldera">caldera</a>; one of the cones on southwestern Fergusson Island may have erupted in 1350.<sup id="cite_ref-si-dawson_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si-dawson-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geologically the islands are largely made up of rock that probably once belonged to the northern edge of the Australian <a href="/wiki/Plate_tectonics" title="Plate tectonics">plate</a> that was thrust deep into the Earth's crust by plate collision.<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. (February 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The burial of these rocks to great depths (where they also encountered correspondingly high temperatures) metamorphosed the rocks to <a href="/wiki/Eclogite" title="Eclogite">eclogite facies</a>: >2GPa and >700˚C. Specifically, these islands play host to the youngest known coesite-eclogite sample; CA-<a href="/wiki/Thermal_ionization_mass_spectrometry" title="Thermal ionization mass spectrometry">TIMS</a> dating of zircons within this sample dates its formation to ~5Ma,<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> meaning it has been exhumed from a depth of ~100 km<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> at the remarkable rate of ~20mm/yr. </p><p>The rock at the centre of the tall domes in these islands was thus recently very deep in the Earth. Over a very short time, geologically speaking, these packets of rocks have ascended through the Earth's shallow mantle and pushed through the crust to form the gneiss domes we find today – the vestiges of the crust these massifs have thrust through are still draped as carapaces over the edges of the domes.<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. (February 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>These islands are thought to be geophysically significant because they lie immediately ahead of the westernmost rift tip of the Woodlark spreading centre, which has been propagating westwards into the continent. The D'Entrecasteaux thus represent a stage of continental breakup just preceding fully-fledged volcanic spreading.<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. (February 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </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=D%27Entrecasteaux_Islands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The group was named for the French navigator <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Bruni_d%27Entrecasteaux" title="Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux">Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni d'Entrecasteaux</a>, who, in his ship the <i><a href="/wiki/French_ship_Esp%C3%A9rance_(1781)" title="French ship Espérance (1781)">Espérance</a></i>, passed through the area in 1792 while searching for his missing compatriot, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Galaup,_comte_de_La_P%C3%A9rouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse">Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse</a>. Almost a century later, in 1874, Captain <a href="/wiki/John_Moresby" title="John Moresby">John Moresby</a> of <a href="/wiki/HMS_Basilisk_(1848)" title="HMS Basilisk (1848)">HMS <i>Basilisk</i></a> made a <a href="/wiki/Running_survey" title="Running survey">running survey</a> of the west coast of the islands and became the first European to make landfall.<sup id="cite_ref-jenness_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jenness-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1891, the Methodist Church of Australia established a mission station on <a href="/wiki/Dobu_Island" title="Dobu Island">Dobu Island</a>. There, natives were recruited to work in gold mines and on copra plantations. Another mission was established in 1898 at Bwaidoga, Mud Bay, on the south coast of Goodenough Island.<sup id="cite_ref-jenness_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jenness-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The island group became a focus of activity in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> when <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Japanese">Imperial Japanese</a> troops were marooned on Goodenough Island briefly in 1942, before being attacked by the <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australian</a> <a href="/wiki/2/12th_Australian_Infantry_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="2/12th Australian Infantry Battalion">2/12th Battalion</a>. In 1943 <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">RAAF</a> mobile works squadrons constructed an airfield with a 6,000 ft (1,829 m) airstrip and other facilities at <a href="/wiki/Vivigani_Airfield" title="Vivigani Airfield">Vivigani Airfield</a> on the site of a smaller, pre-war airstrip that existed at that location.<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. (February 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>It was used by allied forces from June 1943 to August 1944 as a staging point for operations in New Guinea and nearby occupied islands. Vivigani airstrip has been open to commercial service since 1963. A US Navy PT-Boat base was established on Fergusson Island in June 1942.<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. (February 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People">People</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%27Entrecasteaux_Islands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: People"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/D%27Entrecasteaux_Islands" title="Special:EditPage/D'Entrecasteaux Islands">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mell109.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Mell109.jpg/220px-Mell109.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Mell109.jpg/330px-Mell109.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Mell109.jpg/440px-Mell109.jpg 2x" data-file-width="711" data-file-height="438" /></a><figcaption>The inhabitants of D'Entrecasteaux Islands</figcaption></figure> <p>The inhabitants of D'Entrecasteaux Islands are indigenous <a href="/wiki/Subsistence_economy" title="Subsistence economy">subsistence</a> <a href="/wiki/Horticulture" title="Horticulture">horticulturalists</a> living in small, traditional settlements. People of this area produced and traded clay pots as well as participated in the <a href="/wiki/Kula_ring" title="Kula ring">Kula</a> exchange of shell valuables, travelling widely to other islands on sea-going sailing canoes. During the more recent past, people harvested <a href="/wiki/Copra" title="Copra">copra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trochus" title="Trochus">trochus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nacre" title="Nacre">pearl-shells</a> and some timber for cash. <a href="/wiki/Alluvial" class="mw-redirect" title="Alluvial">Alluvial</a> gold mining was once important and in recent years the area has been subject to <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mineral</a> exploration. </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=D%27Entrecasteaux_Islands&action=edit&section=4" 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 .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 reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 25em;"> <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">Young, Michael. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 September</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Papua+New+Guinea+Orchid+News&rft.atitle=Papua+New+Guinea+Orchid+News+%E2%80%93+Papua+New+Guina+Orchid+News&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orchidspng.com%2Fisland_of_new_guinea.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AD%27Entrecasteaux+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-si-goodenough-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-si-goodenough_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=253041">"Goodenough"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Global_Volcanism_Program" title="Global Volcanism Program">Global Volcanism Program</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Global+Volcanism+Program&rft.atitle=Goodenough&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvolcano.si.edu%2Fvolcano.cfm%3Fvn%3D253041&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AD%27Entrecasteaux+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-si-iamalele-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-si-iamalele_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=253050">"Iamalele"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Global_Volcanism_Program" title="Global Volcanism Program">Global Volcanism Program</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Global+Volcanism+Program&rft.atitle=Iamalele&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvolcano.si.edu%2Fvolcano.cfm%3Fvn%3D253050&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AD%27Entrecasteaux+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-si-dawson-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-si-dawson_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=253060">"Dawson Strait Group"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Global_Volcanism_Program" title="Global Volcanism Program">Global Volcanism Program</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Global+Volcanism+Program&rft.atitle=Dawson+Strait+Group&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvolcano.si.edu%2Fvolcano.cfm%3Fvn%3D253060&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AD%27Entrecasteaux+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGordonLittleHackerBowring2012" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Gordon, S. 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