Geography | |
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Location | Oceania |
Coordinates | 10°36′19″S150°37′55″E / 10.60528°S 150.63194°E [1] |
Archipelago | Louisiade Archipelago |
Adjacent to | Solomon Sea |
Total islands | 1 |
Major islands |
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Area | 0.35 km2 (0.14 sq mi) |
Length | 1 km (0.6 mi) |
Width | 0.85 km (0.528 mi) |
Coastline | 3 km (1.9 mi) |
Highest elevation | 10 ft (3 m) |
Administration | |
Province | ![]() |
Island Group | Samarai Islands |
Island Group | Logea Islands |
Ward | Logea North |
Largest settlement | Kwato(pop. 50) |
Demographics | |
Population | 66 (2014) |
Pop. density | 189/km2 (490/sq mi) |
Ethnic groups | Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians. |
Additional information | |
Time zone | |
ISO code | PG-MBA |
Official website | www |
Kwato Island an island in China Strait, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
The island belongs to Logea North Ward, which belongs to Bwanabwana Rural Local Level Government Area LLG, Samarai-Murua District, which are in Milne Bay Province. [2]
In 1891, Rev Charles Abel and his wife Beatrice commenced a mission on this island, which developed into a non-hierarchical church, and self-supporting mission, teaching boat-building, agriculture and management skills. [3]
The island is part of the Logea group, itself a part of Samarai Islands of the Louisiade Archipelago.
The islanders, like other from Samarai Islands are experts in boat building.
The population of 66 is split between 2 villages: Kwato missionary which is inland, and Isuhina which is on the coast.
There is a dock on the island.
Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The province covers 14,345 km2 of land and 252,990 km2 of sea, within the province there are more than 600 islands, about 160 of which are inhabited. The province has about 276,000 inhabitants, speaking about 48 languages, most of which belong to the Eastern Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. Economically the province is dependent upon tourism, oil palm, and gold mining on Misima Island; in addition to these larger industries there are many small-scale village projects in cocoa and copra cultivation. The World War II Battle of Milne Bay took place in the province.
Samarai is an island and former administrative capital in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Sideia Island is an island in the Louisiade Archipelago in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Tuyam Island is an island on the southern side of East Channel, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Gonubalabala Island (on maps as Gona Bara Bara) is an island on the southern side of East Channel, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located South east of Logea Island. It is a home island of the Mailulu clan.
Logea Island is a large island separating West Channel, East Channel and China Strait, just south of Milne Bay, in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Deka Deka Island is a small island off the SE end of Logea Island, in East Channel, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Bonarua Hili Hili Island is a small island just north of Logea Island, in China Strait, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Ebuma Island is a small island in China Strait, between Samarai and the mainland, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Gesila Island is a small island separating West Channel, East Channel and China Strait, just south of Milne Bay, in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Dagadaga Bonarua Island is an island separating East Channel and China Strait, just south of Milne Bay, in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Galahi Island is an island off the northeast coast of Sariba, in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Mekinley Island is an island north of Sariba Island, and on the eastern side of China Strait, in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Populai Island is an island in the Louisiade Archipelago in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Dinana Island is an island in the Louisiade Archipelago in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Buiari Island is an island in the Louisiade Archipelago in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Kitai Katu Island is an island in the Louisiade Archipelago, off the east coast of Basilaki Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
The Samarai Islands archipelago, part of the larger Louisiade Archipelago, is located 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast of mainland New Guinea island, within the nation of Papua New Guinea.
Bwanabwana Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG is situated in the western part of Louisiade Archipelago with Basilaki Island. The Bwanabwana language is spoken in the LLG.
Charles William Abel (1863–1930) was a Congregationalist who founded the Kwato mission in the Territory of Papua, in what is now the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). He was the father of Sir Cecil Abel who played an important role in PNG at the time of its independence, and great-grandfather of Charles Abel, a government minister in PNG.