Solomon SeaPapua New Guinea
10°49′S 152°13′E
Torlesse Islands
Part of Louisiade Archipelago
The Torlesse Islands are an archipelago in the Solomon Sea. Politically they belong to Milne Bay Province in the southeastern region of Papua New Guinea. They are 13 km away from Misima and 5 km west of Deboyne Islands. The aggregate land area of the seven islands is 2.08 km2. The main village is Tinolan.
Overview
The Torlesse Islands are an archipelago in the Solomon Sea. Politically they belong to Milne Bay Province in the southeastern region of Papua New Guinea. They are 13 km away from Misima and 5 km west of Deboyne Islands. The aggregate land area of the seven islands is 2.08 km2. The main village is Tinolan. it is inhabited by a family from Panaeati Island who grow Copra.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands2
- Islets7
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Tinolan
- Area
- 0.79 km²
- High point
- 23 m
Pananiu Island
- Area
- 0.77 km²
- High point
- 27 m
Minor islands
Bonna Bonnawan Island
- Area
- 0.12 km²
- High point
- 17 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.12 km²
- High point
- 17 m
Islets
- Unnamed island9 m · 0.03 km²
- Unnamed island11 m · 0.02 km²
- Unnamed island7 m · 0.9 ha
- Unnamed island8 m · 0.7 ha
- Unnamed island6 m · 0.5 ha
- Unnamed island4 m · 0.4 ha
- Unnamed island4 m · 0.2 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
- Pananiu: 27 m
- Tinolan: 23 m
- Bonna Bonnawan: 17 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Tinolan | 0.79 km² |
| Pananiu Island | 0.77 km² |
| Bonna Bonnawan Island | 0.12 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.12 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.9 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.4 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |