Akara Island

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Akara
Akara Island
Geography
Location South Pacific
Coordinates 8°39′8″S157°48′6″E / 8.65222°S 157.80167°E / -8.65222; 157.80167
Archipelago New Georgia Islands
Length8.9 km (5.53 mi)
Administration
Province Western Province
Demographics
Population0

Akara is an island of the New Georgia archipelago in the Western Province, Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, east of Papua New Guinea. [1] [2] [3]

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Geography

The island is located in the Blanche Channel, a waterway in the southeastern part of the archipelago that separates the islands of New Georgia and Vangunu in the northeast from the islands of Rendova and Tetepare in the southwest. Akara is separated from the southern foothills of New Georgia by a narrow waterway. The island is uninhabited.

References

  1. Kumar, Lalit (31 January 2020). Climate Change and Impacts in the Pacific. Springer Nature. p. 125. ISBN   978-3-030-32878-8 . Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. "Akara, Solomon Islands". sb.geoview.info. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. Tennent, W. John (2002). Butterflies of the Solomon Islands: Systematics and Biogeography. Storm Entomological Publications. p. 231. ISBN   978-0-9542045-0-1 . Retrieved 5 April 2021.