Vanatinai

Vanatinai (formerly Sudest, on many maps and white-throated ) is an island of volcanic origin in the South East of Louisiade Archipelago in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The fringed by coral reefs island situated 360 km southeast of New Guinea and 35 km south-east of the island of Misima.

With an area of ​​865.7 km ², it is the largest island of the archipelago. At the 2000 census there were 19 villages on the island and five other facilities with a total of 2,440 inhabitants. In addition, 116 people lived on the small island of the south coast upstream side Iyen Iceland. Another village was listed as uninhabited. For 1978, a population of 2,300 was given. The main export is copra.

The island is 63 km long from Bobo Shark Point in the north-west to Cape Siri to the southeast, and up to 13 km wide. A wooded mountain range runs the entire length of the island. The highest peak, Mount Riu (806 m, formerly Mount Rattlesnake ), located near the center. The highest elevations are from southeast to northwest:

  • Mount Arumbi (351 m)
  • Mount IMAU ( 485 m)
  • Riu Mount (806 m)
  • Mount Gangulua ( 439 m)
  • Mount Madau (269 m)

Next islands in the lagoon Vanatinai are:

  • Pana Tinani, 3 km north of the north-western headland of Vanatinai,
  • The Calvados Islands, an archipelago of 33 islands together with some reefs.

The island has a small airport ( IATA code " TGL " ) for public transport, near Rambuso Village.

On the island in 1889, gold was found. This triggered a gold rush, since you found it in almost all the watercourses of the island.

Vanatinai administratively belongs to Yeleyamba Rural LLG (Local Level Government) area in the district of Samarai - Murua Milne Bay Province, and is managed by Bwagaoia on Misima from.

At the 2000 census the following villages and separate facilities were listed:

F1 map with all coordinates: OSM, Google and Bing

The settlements are all located near the coast and are small. The largest town Bololo was on the Baganowa Peninsula in the Southeast, followed by Rambuso Village on the north coast.

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