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Laseinie Islands

Laseinie Islands
Geography
Location	Oceania
Coordinates	10°24′00″S 151°24′00″E / 10.40000°S 151.40000°E / -10.40000; 151.40000
Archipelago	Louisiade Archipelago
Adjacent to	Solomon Sea
Total islands	8
Major islands	Dawson Keaawan
Area	2.00 km (0.77 sq mi)
Highest elevation	138 m (453 ft)
Highest point	Mount Dawson
Administration
Papua New Guinea
Province	Milne Bay
District	Samarai-Murua District
LLG	Bwanabwana Rural Local Level Government Area
Island Group	Laseinie Islands
Largest settlement	Koyagaugau (pop. ~200)
Demographics
Population	245 (2014)
Pop. density	122/km (316/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians.
Additional information
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
ISO code	PG-MBA
Official website	www.ncdc.gov.pg

The Laseinie Islands are an archipelago in the Solomon Sea. Politically they belong to Bwanabwana Rural LLG of Samarai-Murua District of Milne Bay Province, in the southeastern region of Papua New Guinea. They are located southeast of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands. They are part of the Louisiade Archipelago.

Background

The Laseinie Islands are located on a flat sandbank, 16 km wide and 7 km long. The northern edge of the bank is marked by a series of reefs, on which several groups of small islands are located. In the West, there are 2 small islands belonging to a sub-group of Hardman Islands. The main islands are on the northern part of the bank, and consist of the Kagawan group (2 small islands), Dawson Island, Keaawan Island, and another tiny island southeast of Dawson.

The 245 inhabitants (2014 census) all live on the main island of Dawson. They speak the Bwanabwana language.

References

Notes

1. Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute, p. 168
2. LLG map
3. "Papua New Guinea WWW Virtual Library – Google Maps version". Archived from the original on June 9, 2007. Retrieved 2016-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. Ethnologue, Languages of the World: Bwanabwana, A language of Papua New Guinea

Sources

• Laseinie Islands, Oceandots.com at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)

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