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
WEB6 days ago · 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 - Wikipedia
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).
Papua New Guinea | Culture, History, & People | Britannica
WEBApr 22, 2024 · Geographical and historical treatment of Papua New Guinea, an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It encompasses the eastern half of New Guinea, the world’s second largest island; the Bismarck Archipelago; Bougainville and Buka; and small offshore islands and atolls.
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.
Portal:New Guinea - Wikipedia
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 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 ...
Papua New Guinea - World Factbook Glyph
WEBThe eastern half of the island of New Guinea was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975. Since 2001, Bougainville has experienced autonomy ...
New Guinea - Wikiwand
WEBNew Guinea is the world's second-largest island, with an area of 785,753 km2 (303,381 sq mi). Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the 150-kilometre wide Torres Strait, though both landmasses lie on the same continental shelf, and were united during episodes of low sea level in the ...
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.
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