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    D'Entrecasteaux Islands /ˌdɒntrəˈkæstoʊ/ (French: [dɑ̃tʁəkasto]) are situated near the eastern tip of New Guinea in the Solomon Sea in Milne Bay Province...
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  • (Manam) 2022 New Hanover Island 900 3000 2°30′S 150°15′E / 2.5°S 150.25°E / -2.5; 150.25 (New Hanover Island) - Ritter Island 140 459 5°31′12″S 148°07′16″E...
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    action that secured the Balearic Islands for Spain (and resulted in the execution of Admiral Byng), Bruni d'Entrecasteaux was a midshipman aboard the 26-gun...
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    The Pacific islands are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. They are further categorized into three major island groups: Melanesia, Micronesia, and...
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    Brumer Islands Baliabedabeda Bonarua Halioya Deirina Trobriand Islands Kiriwina Kaileuna Vakuta Kitava D'Entrecasteaux Islands Fergusson Island Goodenough...
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    Goodenough Island in the Solomon Sea, also known as Nidula Island, is the westernmost of the three large islands of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands in Milne...
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    principal islands of the d'Entrecasteaux group: Goodenough Island, Fergusson Island, and Normanby Island. The Trobriand Islands and Woodlark Island consist...
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    navigator, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, named them after his first lieutenant, Denis de Trobriand. Whaling ships called at the islands for food, water and...
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    Kai Islands and western islands of the West Papua province in the west, across the island of New Guinea to the Trobriands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Louisiade...
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  • Boselewa language (category D'Entrecasteaux Islands)
    Boselewa is a small Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. Boselewa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) v t e v t...
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  • Galeya language (category D'Entrecasteaux Islands)
    is a dialectically diverse Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. Galeya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...
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  • Molima language (category D'Entrecasteaux Islands)
    Molima is an Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. [p] may also occur as an allophone of /ɸ/, or as a result...
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  • Duau language (category D'Entrecasteaux Islands)
    is a dialectically diverse Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Duau Rural LLG. Duau at Ethnologue...
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    islands (Aru Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Louisiade Archipelago), making it the world's most floristically diverse island,...
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    Raja Ampat Islands. N. danseri ?N. neoguineensis * ?N. treubiana * N. sp. Misool Nepenthes species recorded from the D'Entrecasteaux Islands. N. maxima...
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    group of 18 islands to be part of the larger D'Entrecasteaux Islands, and they lie about 10 km north of Fergusson Island. The Amphlett Islands are volcanic...
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  • Dobu language (category D'Entrecasteaux Islands)
    Papua New Guinea. It is a lingua franca for 100,000 people in D'Entrecasteaux Islands. Sounds /p, t, k/ may also be aspirated in free variation as [pʰ...
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    largest island in the Solomon Islands archipelago. It is part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion. Bougainville and the nearby island of Buka...
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    Dobu Island is an island, part of D'Entrecasteaux Islands in Papua New Guinea. It is located south of Fergusson Island and north of Normanby Island. It...
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    Normanby Island in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands. This fault zone then becomes the Nubara Transform Fault that strikes north-east towards the Solomon Islands but...
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    conservation groups. The D'Entrecasteaux Islands still have volcanic activity, especially around Dobu and Fergusson Islands.[citation needed] The waters...
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  • Bunama language (category D'Entrecasteaux Islands)
    Bunama is an Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. /p/ can fluctuate to aspirated [pʰ] in stressed syllables...
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    Melanesia. These include: D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea Norfolk Island, Australia (geographically only) Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia...
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  • Mwatebu language (category D'Entrecasteaux Islands)
    is an Austronesian language spoken in a single village in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in the single village of Mwatebu...
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    The Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons, is a country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of...
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    found on the island of New Guinea as well as the nearby islands groups of the Aru Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands and Raja Ampat Islands. The species...
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  • Sewa Bay language (category D'Entrecasteaux Islands)
    is a dialectically diverse Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. Its dialects are Miadeba, Bwakera, Maiabare...
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  • Thumbnail for Fergusson Island
    Fergusson Island is the largest island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, in Papua New Guinea. It has an area of 1,437 square kilometres (555 sq mi), and...
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    [kɛʁɡelɛn]), also known as the Desolation Islands (Îles de la Désolation in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic constituting one of the...
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    European stops were also paid by Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux in 1793, and Captain Owen Stanley in 1849. The islands have a moist tropical climate, and are largely...
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