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Quessant Island

Native name: Tariwerwi Island
Quessant Island
Geography
Location	Oceania
Coordinates	11°09′S 151°16′E / 11.15°S 151.26°E / -11.15; 151.26
Archipelago	Louisiade Archipelago
Adjacent to	Solomon Sea
Total islands	1
Area	0.41 km (0.16 sq mi)
Length	1 km (0.6 mi)
Width	0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Highest elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Administration
Papua New Guinea
Province	Milne Bay
District	Samarai-Murua District
LLG	Louisiade Rural Local Level Government Area \ Yaleyamba Rural LLG \ Bwanabwana
Island Group	Wari Islands
Demographics
Population	0 (2014)
Pop. density	0/km (0/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians.
Additional information
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
ISO code	PG-MBA
Official website	web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://oceandots.com/pacific/png/deboyne.php

Quessant (Tariwerwi or Ouessant) is an uninhabited island in the Louisiade Archipelago. Politically, it is part of Milne Bay Province in southeastern Papua New Guinea. Quessant is located 30 km southeast of Wari on the northeastern border of the coastal reef. The coral island is low and covered with delicious vegetation. Three reefs are located between Quessant and the Stuers Islands, about 16 km to the northwest.

Louis Antoine de Bougainville discovered the island on June 17, 1768, and named them for their resemblance to Ushant, the French island near Brest, the starting point of his circumnavigation.

References

1. Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute, p. 168
2. LLG map
3. Louis Antoine de Bougainville: Voyage autour du monde, par la frégate du Roi La Boudeuse et la flûte L'Étoile, (Hrsg.): Jacques Proust, Gallimard, Paris 1990, S. 303 ISBN 2-07-037385-1 S. 303

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