Tanga Islands

Tanga Islands
Tanga Islands

Papua New Guinea

Highest point
Prominence 472 m (1,549 ft)
Coordinates 3°30′S 153°13′E / 3.500°S 153.217°E / -3.500; 153.217Coordinates: 3°30′S 153°13′E / 3.500°S 153.217°E / -3.500; 153.217
Geography
Location Papua New Guinea
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano with caldera
Last eruption Pleistocene

The Tanga Islands are an island group in Papua New Guinea, located north-east of New Ireland and part of the Bismarck Archipelago. The islands are the remnants of a stratovolcano which collapsed to form a caldera. Lif (283 m), Tefa (155 m), and Malendok (472 m) islands are on the caldera rim, while Bitlik and Bitbok islands are lava domes constructed near the center of the caldera.

Former Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Julius Chan is a native of the Tanga Islands.

References

Foster, Robert J., Social Reproduction and History in Melanesia: Mortuary Ritual, Gift Exchange and Custom in the Tanga Islands. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.


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