The Calvados Chain are a group of islands in the Solomon Sea, belonging to

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 ...

within the

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 ...

Geography

The group extends from

Pana Varavara Pana or PANA may refer to: *Pana (mythology), a god in Inuit religion *PANA, in telecommunications, a Plain ANAlog loop Alarm circuit * Protocol for carrying Authentication for Network Access, a network access authentication protocol *Pana, used f ...

in the west to the small island of Nigaho in the east over a distance of 88 km. The easternmost island of Nigaho is where the chain of islands end.

Pana Tinani Pana Tinani is an island in the Louisiade Archipelago in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Geography The island has an area of 78 km2, making it the sixth largest island of the Louisiade Archipelago. The island is hilly, rising to 338 m ...

is separated from the group by the isolated Magamaga Channel. The islands rise up to 302 meters (Motorina) steeply from the sea and are either wooded or overgrown with grass. Many islands are surrounded by their own reefs and small lagoons. Apart from the high islands, there are numerous low coral islands and reefs. The eastern edge of the chain lies to the northwest 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 ...

(formerly Sudest) Island.The Kula: New Perspectives on Massim Exchange
pp. 469-70 (1983)

Population

Twelve of the islands are inhabited, with a total of 3276 residents as of 2014. The islanders speak the Misima-Paneati Language.

Islands

Primary islands in the chain: Calvados Chain
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References

{{Islands of Papua New Guinea, state=collapsed Archipelagoes of Papua New Guinea . .C Lists of islands of Papua New Guinea Geography of Milne Bay Province