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Map of Bougainville Island and Buka island. Bougainville is the largest island in the Solomon Islands archipelago. It is part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion. Bougainville and the nearby island of Buka are a single landmass separated by a deep 300-metre (980 ft) wide strait.
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.
Included in the map is the three major districts of the province, North Bougainville, Central Bougainville and South Bougainville. This map demonstrates the areas of the Pacific Ocean and Solomon Sea that is controlled by these districts. Districts are marked with a large maroon font.
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.
Governance of the Solomon Islands (archipelago) is split between the sovereign state of Solomon Islands and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. Both countries are constitutional monarchies and Commonwealth realms. In a 2019 referendum, over 98% of Bougainville voters supported independence. Bougainville leaders have ...
Buka is the main city on Buka Island, and the present-day capital of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. It is located on the northern coast of Buka Passage. On old maps it is named "Chinatown". The land the city occupies was formally known as Leta.
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.
The precise national border between Bougainville and the rest of the Solomons can be confusing, and international maps can be openly mistaken. The Google map on the Internet [26] shows no national border between Bougainville and Shortland Island and with the light official policing of such matters, so far from border crossing points, fishermen ...