Marshall Bennett Islands (also known as the Marshall Bennets
) are several islands in
Milne Bay
Milne Bay is a large bay in Milne Bay Province, south-eastern Papua New Guinea. More than long and over wide, Milne Bay is a sheltered deep-water harbor accessible via Ward Hunt Strait. It is surrounded by the heavily wooded Stirling Range to th ...
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
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Geography
They consist of:
*
Gawa
*
Dugumenu
*
Iwa Island
*
Kwaiawata
*
Egum Atoll with 12 islands
**
Yanaba Island (reef)
** Egom (lagoon)
** uninhabited islands on the fringing reef (clockwise starting west)
*** Digaragara
*** Wiakau (second largest island)
*** Napasa
*** unnamed island
*** Tabunagora
*** Nagian
** uninhabited islands in the lagoon
*** Mua
*** Fandaio
*** Simlakita
*** Nasakori (Panamote)
They are usually considered to be part of the
Woodlark Island
Woodlark Island, known to its inhabitants simply as Woodlark or Muyua, is the main island of the Woodlark Islands archipelago, located in Milne Bay Province and the Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea.
Although no formal census has been conducted sinc ...
s group. Of the islands only
Dugumenu is uninhabited but is used by neighbouring islanders for the growing of coconuts.
References
Archipelagoes of Papua New Guinea
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Woodlark Islands
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