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Archipelago

    Pacific OceanPapua New Guinea

    4°30′S 154°10′E

    Green Islands

    Part of Papua New Guinea

    The Green Islands is a small archipelago of islands in the Solomon Sea, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in northeastern Papua New Guinea.

    New Zealand troops about to disembark from assault landing craft during a commando raid at Pokonian Plantation, Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea. Photograph taken ca 1944 by an official photographer.
    New Zealand troops about to disembark from assault landing craft during a commando raid at Pokonian Plantation, Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea. Photograph taken ca 1944 by an official photographer.

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    5 landforms

    Overview

    The Green Islands is a small archipelago of islands in the Solomon Sea, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in northeastern Papua New Guinea. They are located at 4°30′S 154°10′E, about 200 km (124 mi) northwest of Bougainville Island, and about 200 km (124 mi) east of Rabaul and New Britain island. During World War II the United States Navy's Seabees built a large PT Boat base on the Green Islands.

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands2
    • Minor islands2
    • Islets1
    • Rocks & skerries0

    Major islands

    2

    • Nissan Island

      Area
      37 km²

      Nissan Island (also Green Island or Sir Charles Hardy Island) is the largest of the Green Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is located at, about 200 km east of Rabaul on New Britain and about 200 km north-west of Bougainville. The island is administered under Nissan Rural LLG in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.

    • Pinipel Island

      Area
      6.2 km²
      High point
      40 m

      Pinipel Island, also known as Green Island, is the northern of the two atolls making up the Green Islands, east of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. It is located north of Nissan Island, the southern atoll. It is about 330 feet (101 m) high and cliffy, from 200 to 500 yards (183 to 457 m) wide, except at the north end.

    Minor islands

    2

    Islets

    1

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    Comparative heights

    Sea level10 m20 m30 m40 m40 mPinipel25 mSirot25 mBarahun17 mSau
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.010.1110100Nissan: 37 km²NissanPinipel: 6.2 km²PinipelSirot: 1 km²SirotBarahun: 0.38 km²BarahunSau: 0.05 km²Sau
    km², log scale
    Nissan Island37 km²
    Pinipel Island6.2 km²
    Sirot Island1 km²
    Barahun Island0.38 km²
    Sau Island0.05 km²

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs