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New Hanover Island

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Width
  
30 km (19 mi)

District
  
Kavieng District

Population
  
17,160 (2000)

Elevation
  
900 m

Max length
  
60 km

Province
  
New Ireland Province

Highest elevation
  
900 m (3,000 ft)

LLG
  
Lavongai Rural LLG

Pop. density
  
15.4 /km (39.9 /sq mi)

Area
  
1,186 km²

Island group
  
Bismarck Archipelago

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New Hanover Island, (German: Neuhannover), also called Lavongai, is a large volcanic island in the New Ireland Province. This region is part of the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea and lies at 2.5°S 150.25°E / -2.5; 150.25. Measuring some 460 square miles (1,200 km2), it had a population of 5,000 in 1960, which increased to approximately 17,160 by 2000.

Contents

Map of New Hanover, Papua New Guinea

Culture

Friedrich Ratzel in The History of Mankind reported in 1896, when discussing Melanesain ornament, that there were luxurious feather ornament displays in New Hanover, showing much taste in the combination of forms and colours with vegetable fibres and beads on sticks. An example was a delicately formed face in feather-mosaic forming the head of a hairpin.

References

New Hanover Island Wikipedia