New Ireland Island

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New Ireland Island is a large, elongated island in Papua New Guinea’s Bismarck Archipelago, known for its diverse indigenous cultures, traditional art, and tropical coastal landscapes.

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Label Occurrences
New Ireland Island canonical 11

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
island ⓘ
area approximately 7400 square kilometres ⓘ
capitalCityOnIsland Kavieng ⓘ
colonialHistoryWith Australia ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
elevation approximately 2379 m ⓘ
ethnicGroup Melanesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Melanesians
hasAirport Kavieng Airport ⓘ
hasClimate tropical ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Bismarck Sea ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity cocoa cultivation ⓘ
copra production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
logging ⓘ
small-scale tourism ⓘ
hasFeature coastal plains ⓘ
coral reefs ⓘ
limestone plateaus ⓘ
tropical rainforests ⓘ
hasMountainRange Hans Meyer Range ⓘ
Lelet Plateau ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Taron ⓘ
knownFor diverse indigenous cultures ⓘ
malagan carvings ⓘ
traditional art ⓘ
tropical coastal landscapes ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
largestIslandOf New Ireland Province ⓘ
length approximately 360 km ⓘ
liesEastOf New Hanover Island ⓘ
liesNortheastOf New Britain ⓘ
locatedIn Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ
Melanesia ⓘ
Southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOn New Ireland Island ⓘ
New Ireland Island ⓘ
maximumWidth approximately 40 km ⓘ
partOf New Ireland Province ⓘ
separatedBy St George’s Channel ⓘ
separatedFrom New Britain ⓘ
shape elongated ⓘ
timeZone UTC+10 ⓘ
wasAdministeredBy Australia under League of Nations mandate ⓘ
wasBattlegroundIn World War II ⓘ
wasPartOf German New Guinea ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Irelanders → locatedIn → New Ireland Island ⓘ
Kavieng → locatedOn → New Ireland Island ⓘ
Kavieng → locatedAtNorthernEndOf → New Ireland Island ⓘ
Mount Taron → locatedOn → New Ireland Island ⓘ
Mount Taron → highestPointOf → New Ireland Island ⓘ
Mali (New Ireland) → isSpokenOn → New Ireland Island ⓘ
Mali (New Ireland language) → spokenIn → New Ireland Island ⓘ
Sursurunga language → locatedOn → New Ireland Island ⓘ
South Bismarck Plate → near → New Ireland Island ⓘ
Kavieng → locatedOn → New Ireland Island ⓘ
subject linked to: New Ireland Island
Mount Taron → locatedOn → New Ireland Island ⓘ
subject linked to: New Ireland Island