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Hemenahei Island

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Location
  
Total islands
  
1

Highest elevation
  
74 m (243 ft)

Elevation
  
74 m

Island group
  
Adjacent bodies of water
  
Major islands
  
Hemenahei

Highest point
  
Mount Hemenahei

Area
  
10.24 kmĀ²

Adjacent body of water
  
Solomon Sea

Hemenahei Island

Hemenahei Island is an island in Papua New Guinea, part of the Calvados Chain within the Louisiade Archipelago. It is located to toward the eastern end of the Calvados Chain, in the Louisiade Archipelago, in the Milne Bay Province, between Pana Tinani (off Vanatinai) in the East and Pana Wina in the West.

Map of Hemenahei Island, Papua New Guinea

The area of the island is 10.24 square kilometres (3.95 square miles). It was previously inhabited (Niyalehoi village on the northern coast) but now only occasionally being used as a camp for fishermen who come from Pana Tinani. Niyalehoi had some gardens for yams and sago, that Sabari Islanders used to crop.

References

Hemenahei Island Wikipedia


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