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Los Negros Island is the third largest of the Admiralty Islands. It is significant because it contains the main airport of Manus Province on its eastern coastline, at Momote . It is connected to Lorengau , the capital of the province, on Manus Island via a highway and bridge across the Lonui Passage, which separates Los Negros from the larger ...
Topographical map of Admiralty Island in Papua New Guinea. Largest islands have been named. Created with GMT from publicly released SRTM data. ... Los Negros (île ...
The main town in the islands is Lorengau on Manus, connected by road to an airport on nearby Los Negros Island, otherwise transport around the islands is by boat. There is little tourism, although the seas are attractive to divers, including Jean-Michel Cousteau who spent time on nearby Wuvulu Island in the 1970s.
(No. 9 on the map) The Admiralty Islands. Admiralty Islands, group of 18 islands including: . Manus Island, main island; Los Negros Island; Lou Island; Ndrova Island; Tong Island ...
The United States Navy established Aviation Repair and Overhaul Unit No.1 (AROU 1) in the spring of 1944 on Momote Airfield between Seeadler Harbor and the Bismarck Sea on Los Negros Island. AROU 1 conducted maintenance and testing of naval aircraft and supplied aircraft to naval forces for major assaults as far away as the Philippine Islands.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Pages in category "Islands of Papua New Guinea" ... (Papua New Guinea) Los Negros Island; Lou Island; M. Mailu Island;
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Bougainville Island (Tok Pisin: Bogenvil) 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).