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Stuers Islands

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Location
  
Oceania

Total islands
  
2

Highest elevation
  
20 m (70 ft)

Elevation
  
20 m

Archipelago
  
Louisiade Archipelago

Adjacent bodies of water
  
Solomon Sea

Major islands
  
Marai Taliwewai

Highest point
  
Mount Marai

Area
  
34 ha

Adjacent body of water
  
Solomon Sea

Stuers Islands

The Stuers Islands are an uninhabited archipelago in the Louisiade Archipelago. Politically, they are part of Milne Bay Province in southeastern Papua New Guinea.

Map of Stuers Islands, Papua New Guinea

The islands are located 16 km southeast of Wari. Quessant (Tariwerwi) is another 16 km to the southeast. The archipelago consists of two islands, Marai (29 ha ) and Taliwewai (4.6 ha). Marai is the larger of the two islands. It is 20 m high. Taliwewai is 1.7 km north-east and is 12 m high. In the West of the Stuers Islands is a large area with reefs and shoals called Uluma reefs.

References

Stuers Islands Wikipedia