Babase Island

Babase is the smaller and northern island of the Feni Islands in the Pacific, north of New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago, the, New Ireland province belonging to Papua New Guinea. It is part of the Tabar - Lihir - Tanga - Feni island chain.

Babase is separated by only 100 m wide salad Road from its neighboring island Ambitle. Babase is upstream of the small neighboring island balum. Babase is about 23 square kilometers and consists of a 200 m high Pleistocene stratovolcano and a lava dome, which are connected by a narrow isthmus.

The island is located near the village Kamgot an important archaeological site of the Lapita culture.

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