The Conflict Group is an
atoll
An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical parts of the oceans and seas where corals can develop. Most ...
in
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
. The group was sighted in 1879 by
HMS Cormorant, by moonlight; it was named in 1880 by Bower, captain of
HMS Conflict.
Irai Island is the center of population of the group.
The small Panasesa Island has an
eco resort with a small staff.
In September 2022 the Papua New Guinea government ordered an investigation into the islands' ownership after their owner, Australian businessman Ian Gowrie Smith, attempted to sell them.
Islands in Conflict Group
The individual islands in a clockwise direction, starting in the west (Kisa and Itamarina in the lagoon):
Differing surface areas, and sometimes divergent names for individual islands can be found in Oceandots: Irai (), Panasesa (), Auriora (), Panarakum (), Panibari (), Tubiniguam (), Moniara (), Ginouri () and Tupit (). Thereafter, the total land area of the archipelago is .
References
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Archipelagoes of Papua New Guinea
Atolls of Papua New Guinea
Islands of Milne Bay Province
Louisiade Archipelago