Nuguria or the Nuguria Islands, also known as the Abgarris or Fead Islands,Richard Parkinson et al. ''Thirty years in the South Seas'', 1999 are a Polynesian outlier and islands of

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 ...

. They are located nearly 150 km from the northern end of Buka island, in the

Autonomous Region of Bougainville In developmental psychology and morality, moral, political, and bioethics, bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing. Auto ...

and consist of two closely spaced

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 ...

formations.

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* * * Historical commentary from a frequent visitor to Nuguria
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