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Schouten Islands (Papua New Guinea)
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Volcano
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island
Island
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s in the province of East Sepik
East Sepik
East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 343,180 people and is roughly 42,800 km square in size.-History:...
in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
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, north of the island of New Guinea
New Guinea
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. The group is also called Eastern Schouten Islands or Le Maire Islands to separate it from unrelated Schouten Islands
Schouten Islands
The Indonesian Schouten Islands are an island group of Papua province, eastern Indonesia in the Cenderawasih Bay 50 km off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea...
in Indonesia
Indonesia
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. The combined land area is approximately 50 km² (19 sq mi).
The Schouten Islands includes the following islands:
- Bam, active volcano – last eruption 1960.
- Blup BlupBlup BlupBlup Blup Island is a small forested island of the northern coast of Papua New Guinea about 30km offshore from Cape Girgir and is considered part of the Schouten Islands. It is located at Latitude S 3°30'46" and Longitude E 144°35'16"...
, volcano. - KadovarKadovar-Geography:Kadovar is part of the Schouten Islands about 25 km north of the mouth of the Sepik River. Gewai village is near the crater rim. There are no record of historical eruptions and the latest volcanic activity was some heightened thermal phenomena in 1976....
, volcano – possible but unconfirmed eruption circa 1700. - Koil
- Vokeo
- Wei