New Guinea - Wikipedia
WEBNew Guinea (Tok Pisin: Niugini; Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Indonesian: Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of 785,753 km 2 (303,381 sq mi).
New Guinea | History, People, Map, & Facts | Britannica
WEBApr 29, 2024 · New Guinea, island of the eastern Malay Archipelago, in the western Pacific Ocean, north of Australia. New Guinea’s western half comprises the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, and its eastern half comprises the major part of Papua New Guinea, an independent country since 1975.
Papua New Guinea | Culture, History, & People | Britannica
WEB2 days ago · Papua New Guinea, island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It encompasses the eastern half of New Guinea, the world’s second largest island (the western half is made up of the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua); the Bismarck Archipelago ( New Britain, New Ireland, the Admiralty Islands, and several others); Bougainville ...
Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia
WEBPapua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia).
New Guinea summary | Britannica
WEBNew Guinea, Indonesian Irian, Island, eastern Malay Archipelago, western Pacific Ocean, north of Australia. Divided roughly in half between Indonesia (west) and Papua New Guinea (east), New Guinea is the second largest island in the world (after Greenland). It is about 1,500 mi (2,400 km) long and 400 mi (650 km) wide at its widest point, with ...
New Guinea - New World Encyclopedia
WEBNew Guinea, located just 100 miles north of Australia, is the world's second largest island after Greenland, having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known as the Torres Strait flooded around 5000 B.C.E. The name Papua has also been long-associated with the island.
New Guinea – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
WEBNew Guinea. New Guinea is the second largest non-continental island in the world (with the world's largest being Greenland ), situated to the north of Australia. It has a north-south border that divides the island into east and west divisions.
New Guinea - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBNew Guinea is important for its nature and biology. Its largest marsupial, the Diprotodon, is now extinct. Native humans live in sparsely wooded, hilly ground in small groups which speak different languages. New Guinea has over 1000 languages. This is more languages than anywhere else in the world.
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WEBPapua New Guinea is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia).
New Guinea: One of the world's biodiversity hotspots | Kew
WEBFeb 28, 2020 · New Guinea: One of the world's biodiversity hotspots. Our knowledge of plants on the largest tropical island in the world may not be as comprehensive as what is known about animals, but we're working hard to change that. By Dr André Schuiteman.
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