Rooke Island
Umboi is a volcanic island between the mainland of Papua New Guinea and the island of New Britain. It is separated from New Britain by the Dampier Strait, and from New Guinea's Huon Peninsula by the Vitiaz Strait.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Island
- Description: volcanic island in Papua New Guinea
- Also known as: “Rook Island”, “Roore Island”, “Sir George Rook Island”, “Umbai”, “Umboi Island”, and “Umboli”
Rooke Island
- Categories: mountain, volcanic island, and landform
- Location: Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-5.63108° or 5° 37′ 52″ south
Longitude
147.91291° or 147° 54′ 47″ east
Elevation
593 metres (1,946 feet)
Open location code
6R699W97+H5
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Rooke Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة أومبوي”
- Belarusian: “Умбай”
- Cebuano: “Umboi Island”
- Chinese: “温博伊岛”
- Chinese: “溫博伊島”
- Czech: “Ostrov Umboi”
- Dutch: “Umboi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل امبوى ايسلاند”
- Esperanto: “Umboi”
- Finnish: “Umboisaari”
- French: “Umboi”
- Galician: “Illa Umboi”
- Georgian: “უმბოი”
- German: “Umboi”
- Italian: “Karkar”
- Italian: “Umboi”
- Japanese: “ウンボイ島”
- Ladin: “Umboi Island”
- Persian: “جزیره آمبوی”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Umboi”
- Russian: “Умбой”
- Spanish: “Isla Umboi”
- Venetian: “Karkar”
- Western Frisian: “Umboi”
- Western Panjabi: “امبوئی جزیرہ”
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