Yeina Island is an island of volcanic origin in the Southeast
Louisiade Archipelago
The Louisiade Archipelago is a string of ten larger volcanic islands frequently fringed by coral reefs, and 90 smaller coral islands in Papua New Guinea.
It is located 200 km southeast of New Guinea, stretching over more than and spread ...
in
Milne Bay Province
Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The province covers 14,345 km² of land and 252,990 km² of sea, within the province there are more than 600 islands, about 160 of which are inhabited. The province has ...
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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
The island has an area of 16 km
2. The island is hilly, rising to 80 m at Mt. Yeina.
The island is 10 km north of
Vanatinai
Vanatinai Island (also called Tagula and Sudest, for the names of the extreme capes of the island) is a volcanic island in the south-east of the Louisiade Archipelago within Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The reef-fringed island is approxi ...
, and separated from it with the
Yuma Channel. It is also 10 km east of
Pana Tinani.
The island is circled by a coral reef.
The interior of the island is dominated by a chain of low, grassy hill, surrounded by a coastal forest, with many mangrove areas.
Between Yeina and Vanatinai is the
Marx Reef.
History
The island was discovered in the late 18th century.
Population
At the census of population in 2014, the island had 437 inhabitants, spread across 4 villages.
The main town is
Buwo, on the West coast.
Former town of Kabagi-bagi was damaged by hurricanes recently. Nearly entire island population have moved to the village of Buwo.
References
Islands of Milne Bay Province
Louisiade Archipelago
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