Makada is an island in the

Duke of York Islands The Duke of York Islands (formerly ) are a group of islands located in East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. They are found in StGeorge's Channel between New Britain and New Ireland islands and form part of the Bismarck Archipelago. T ...

archipelago 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 ...

. Makada Island: Papua New Guinea
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA It is located in the east of the country, in the

East New Britain Province East New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea, consisting of the north-eastern part of the island of New Britain and the Duke of York Islands. The capital of the province is Kokopo, not far from the old capital of Rabaul, which was largely ...

, about 800 km to the east of the

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Geography

The Makada Island has a flat surface. The highest point on the island is above sea level. It covers about from the north to the south and from the east to the west. Its total area is about .

References

Islands of Papua New Guinea Islands Region (Papua New Guinea) {{PapuaNewGuinea-geo-stub