Conflict Group

Conflict Islands

Satellite image
Location of the Conflict Islands
Geography
Location Oceania
Coordinates 10°46′48″S 151°47′32″E / 10.78000°S 151.79222°E / -10.78000; 151.79222Coordinates: 10°46′48″S 151°47′32″E / 10.78000°S 151.79222°E / -10.78000; 151.79222[1]
Archipelago Louisiade Archipelago
Adjacent bodies of water Solomon Sea
Total islands 21
Major islands
Area 4.55 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Length 21 km (13 mi)
Width 10 km (6 mi)
Administration
Province  Milne Bay
District Samarai-Murua District
LLG [2] Bwanabwana Rural LLG
Island Group Calvados Chain
Largest settlement
Irai
(population 20)
Demographics
Demonym Papuan people
Population 30 (as of 2014)
Density 6.6 /km2 (17.1 /sq mi)
Ethnic groups Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians.
Additional information
Time zone
Official website www.ncdc.gov.pg
ISO Code = PG-MBA

The Conflict Group is an atoll in Papua New Guinea. The group was sighted in 1879 by HMS Cormorant, by moonlight; it was named in 1880 by Bower, captain of HMS Conflict.[3]

References

  1. Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute, p. 168
  2. LLG map
  3. Arthur Wichman (Hrsg.): History of New-Guinea (bis 1828). Bd. 1, E. J. Brill, Leiden 1909, S. 271


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