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Engineer Islands
Engineer Islands is located in Papua New Guinea
Engineer Islands
Engineer Islands
Geography
LocationOceania
Coordinates10°34′48″S 151°14′32″E / 10.58000°S 151.24222°E / -10.58000; 151.24222[1]
ArchipelagoLouisiade Archipelago
Adjacent toSolomon Sea
Total islands15
Major islands
  • Skelton
  • Slade
  • Watts
  • Hummock
Area11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Highest elevation198 m (650 ft)
Highest pointMount Slade
Administration
Papua New Guinea
ProvinceEngineer Islands Milne Bay
DistrictSamarai-Murua District
LLG[2]Bwanabwana Rural Local Level Government Area
Island GroupEngineer Islands
Largest settlementGegadali (pop. ~270)
Demographics
Population1200 (2014)
Pop. density108/km2 (280/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsPapauans, Austronesians, Melanesians.
Additional information
Time zone
  • AEST (UTC+10)
ISO codePG-MBA
Official websitewww.ncdc.gov.pg

The Engineer Islands are an archipelago in the Solomon Sea belonging to Papua New-Guinea.

  1. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute, p. 168
  2. ^ "LLG map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-08-11.

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