Pinipel Island, also known as Green Island, is the northern of the two

atoll An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical oceans and seas where corals can gr ...

s making up the Green Islands, east of New Ireland,

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 ...

. It is located north of

Nissan Island Nissan Island (also Green Island or Sir Charles Hardy Island) is the largest of the Green Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is located at , about 200 km east of Rabaul on New Britain and about 200 km north-west of Bougainville. The island ...

, the southern atoll. It is about high and cliffy, from wide, except at the north end. The namesake main island of the atoll makes up for most of its land area. In addition, there are two tiny islets in the north-western part of the atoll, ''Sentinel Island'' and ''Sau (Sale) Island''. The population of the atoll, all on the main island, was 901 at the census of population of 2000,Papua New Guinea - People Land and Environment
(PDF, 10,46 MB) distributed among three villages: #Mantoia, in the north of the main island (pop. 394) #Teah (279), close east of Mantoia #Rogos, also called Rokus, in the central part of the main island (228)

References

Islands of Papua New Guinea Geography of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville Solomon Islands (archipelago) {{PapuaNewGuinea-island-stub