Strathord Islands

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Strathord Islands
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Strathord Islands
Geography
Location Oceania
Coordinates 10°14′33″S151°51′39″E / 10.24250°S 151.86083°E / -10.24250; 151.86083
Archipelago Louisiade Archipelago
Adjacent to Solomon Sea
Total islands5
Major islands
Area1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
Highest elevation20 m (70 ft)
Highest pointMount Panomole
Administration
Province Flag of Milne Bay.svg  Milne Bay
District Samarai-Murua District
LLG [1] Louisiade Rural Local Level Government Area
Island Group Bonvouloir Islands
Largest island
Demographics
Population0 (2014)
Ethnic groups Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians.
Additional information
Time zone
ISO code PG-MBA
Official website www.ncdc.gov.pg

The Strathord Islands are an uninhabited island group of five islands in the Louisiade Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. Politically they belong to the province of Milne Bay in the southeastern region of Papua New Guinea .

The islands are located about 100 km northwest of Misima and form the northernmost group of Louisiade archipelago. They are among the Bonvouloir Islands which include two other islands to the south.

The main island—Strathord Island, also known as Pana Mole—lies on the southern part of the reef. The group is heavily forested and flat. Strathord was inhabited by two families from Ewena until 2013. Nowadays, they come a couple of times a year to collect yams and coconuts from their gardens.

NameCoordinatesArea
km2
North Island0.18
Middle Island0.08
Amanuta0.05
(unnamed)0.04
Strathord Island 0.99

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