Tanga Islands

E320102

The Tanga Islands are a small group of volcanic islands in the Bismarck Sea of Papua New Guinea, known for their distinctive Austronesian culture and traditional art.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tanga Islands canonical 8
Tanga Islands archipelago 1
Tanga Islands group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island group ⓘ
volcanic islands ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Papua New Guinea ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
culturalRegion Austronesian culture area ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tanga people ⓘ
geologicalOrigin volcanic arc ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity copra production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasHighestIsland Boang Island ⓘ
hasIsland Bitbok Island ⓘ
Bitlik Island ⓘ
Boang Island ⓘ
Lih Island ⓘ
Malendok Island ⓘ
Malu Malu Island ⓘ
Mandal Island ⓘ
linked to: Malendok Island

Simberi Island ⓘ
hasLanguage Tanga language ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
indigenous beliefs ⓘ
hasTraditionalArtForm canoe decoration ⓘ
figurative sculpture ⓘ
mask making ⓘ
hasTraditionalPractice bridewealth exchange ⓘ
elaborate mortuary rituals ⓘ
inhabited true ⓘ
knownFor ceremonial performances ⓘ
distinctive Austronesian culture ⓘ
malanggan-style carvings ⓘ
traditional art ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
locatedEastOf New Ireland ⓘ
locatedIn Bismarck Sea ⓘ
Melanesia ⓘ
New Ireland Province ⓘ
locatedNorthOf New Britain ⓘ
linked to: New Britain region
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ
region Islands Region of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
timeZone UTC+10 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

New Ireland → hasCulturalRegion → Tanga Islands ⓘ
New Ireland Province → hasIsland → Tanga Islands ⓘ
Feni group → nearbyIslandGroup → Tanga Islands ⓘ
Lihir Islands → nearbyIsland → Tanga Islands ⓘ
Lif Island → locatedIn → Tanga Islands ⓘ
subject linked to: lif Island
Lif Island → partOf → Tanga Islands group ⓘ
subject linked to: lif Island
linked to: Tanga Islands
Tanga language → spokenIn → Tanga Islands ⓘ
Bitlik Island → locatedIn → Tanga Islands ⓘ
Bitlik Island → partOf → Tanga Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Tanga Islands