Hemenahei Island

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Hemenahei Island
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Hemenahei Island
Geography
Location Oceania
Coordinates 11°10′S153°05′E / 11.167°S 153.083°E / -11.167; 153.083 Coordinates: 11°10′S153°05′E / 11.167°S 153.083°E / -11.167; 153.083 [1]
Archipelago Louisiade Archipelago
Adjacent bodies of water Solomon Sea
Total islands1
Major islands
  • Hemenahei
Area10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Highest elevation74 m (243 ft)
Highest pointMount Hemenahei
Administration
Province Flag of Milne Bay.svg  Milne Bay
District Samarai-Murua District
LLG [2] Yeleamba Rural LLG
Island Group Calvados Chain
Largest settlement Niyalehoi
Demographics
Population0 (2014)
Pop. density0 /km2 (0 /sq mi)
Ethnic groups Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians.
Additional information
Time zone
ISO code PG-MBA
Official website www.ncdc.gov.pg

Hemenahei Island is an island in Papua New Guinea, part of the Calvados Chain within the Louisiade Archipelago. [3] 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.

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.

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References

  1. Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute, p. 168
  2. LLG map
  3. "Hemenahei Island". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-31.