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New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

, the world's second-largest island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean *

Western New Guinea Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region ...

, an Indonesian region comprising the western half of the island of New Guinea **

Papua (province) Papua is a provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west. It roughly follows the borders of the Papuan customary region of Tabi Sai ...

, an Indonesian province in the north coast of Western New Guinea *

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 ...

, a country comprising the eastern half of the island of New Guinea *

Territory of Papua The Territory of Papua comprised the southeastern quarter of the island of New Guinea from 1883 to 1975. In 1883, the Government of Queensland annexed this territory for the British Empire. The United Kingdom Government refused to ratify the ...

(1884–1949), a British/Australian-administered territory in southeastern New Guinea *

Southern Region, Papua New Guinea Southern Region (formerly Papua Region) is one of four regions of Papua New Guinea. The region includes the national capital Port Moresby. Subdivision The Region is administratively divided into six provinces: * Central *Gulf *Milne Bay * Oro (No ...

, officially known as Papua Region up to 2011

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Papua Beach Papua Beach () is a beach 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long on the southeast shore of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. The name derives from " Papua Cove," now an obsolete name, applied for a minor recession of the shore of this beach by t ...

, on the south Atlantic island of South Georgia *

Papua Island Joinville Island group is a group of antarctic islands, lying off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which Joinville Island group is separated by the Antarctic Sound. Location The Joinville Island group lies in Graham Lan ...

, off the north tip of the Antarctic Peninsula * , a British frigate in service in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1945

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