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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).
The Bougainville region occupies the north of the Solomon archipelago with Bougainville Island, which is the largest island of this group. The border between Papua New Guinea and the nation of Solomon Islands lies just south in the middle of a 9 km (5.6 mi) strait that separates it from the Shortland Islands.
Dutch explorers Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire were the first Europeans to sight present-day Bougainville, skirting Takuu Atoll and Nissan Island in 1616. In 1643, another Dutch expedition led by Abel Tasman was the first to make contact with the islanders and describe their appearance.
The Bougainville campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan, named after the island of Bougainville. It was part of Operation Cartwheel , the Allied grand strategy in the South Pacific .
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.
Buka is a town located on the southern coast of Buka Island, in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in eastern Papua New Guinea. [1] It is administered under Buka Rural LLG. [2] It is the capital of the North Bougainville District and the interim capital of the Autonomous Region of
Bougainville must be able to fund at least half of its budget if the Pacific archipelago's aspiration of political independence from Papua New Guinea is to be a success, PNG Prime Minister James ...
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. Geography [ edit ]