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Bougainville Island (Tok Pisin: Bogenvil) [1] is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. Its land area is 9,300 km 2 (3,600 sq mi). The highest point is Mount Balbi , on the main island, at 2,715 m (8,907 ft).
Module:Location map/data/Papua New Guinea Bougainville Island is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Bougainville Island. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Bougainville has been inhabited by humans for at least 29,000 years, according to evidence obtained from Kilu Cave on Buka Island. [11] Until about 10,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Maximum, there was a single island referred to as "Greater Bougainville" that spanned from the northern tip of Buka Island to the Nggela Islands north of Guadalcanal.
Areas of ancient coralline limestone are found on Bougainville. [2] Active and dormant volcanoes are found in an arc extending from Bougainville in the north through the New Georgia Islands and Savo Island to Gallego volcano on the northwest end of Guadalcanal. Arc volcanism dates the earliest volcanoes on the islands to the Early/Middle Eocene.
Buin and Bougainville Island gained world attention with the Japanese Army's occupation in 1942, World War II, and the subsequent American counterattack in November 1943. After the war, the present-day town of Buin was established, inland to the north from its original location, which had been a minimal point of sea-landing on the coast.
District map of Bougainville Island (North Solomons). The Carteret Islands are labelled "Tulun Islands" here (near top left). The Carteret Atoll seen from space. Rotate the image about 70 degrees clockwise and north will be at the top.
District map of Bougainville (North Solomons) Takuu, formerly known as Tauu and also known as Nukutoa, Mortlock Island, or Marqueen Island, [1] is a small, isolated atoll off the east coast of Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea.
On old maps it is named "Chinatown". The land the city occupies was formally known as Leta. There has been considerable expansion of the city in recent years, and also in nearby Kubu, location of the Autonomous Bougainville Government Parliament, and Hutjena, the location of the national high school serving Buka.