Tanga Islands
The Tanga Islands are an island group in Papua New Guinea, located north-east of New Ireland and part of the Bismarck Archipelago. Tanga is made up of four main islands — Boang, Malendok, Lif and Tefa — and a number of smaller, uninhabited islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: archipelago in Papua New Guinea
- Also known as: “Anthony Caens”, “Anthony Caens-Inseln”, “Anthony Kaan Island”, “Ile d’Oraison”, “Kaan Islands”, “Oraison Island”, “Oraison-Inseln”, “Tanga Group”, and “Tanga-Gruppe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Malendok Island.
Malendok Island
Island
Malendok Island is an island of the Tanga Islands of Papua New Guinea, located to the east of New Ireland. It is located to the south-west of Boang Island and north-east of Lif Island and Tefa Island.
Tanga Islands
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Tanga Islands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tanga Islands”
- Dutch: “Tanga Islands”
- French: “îles Tanga”
- French: “Îles Tanga”
- Georgian: “ტანგას კუნძულები”
- German: “Tanga-Inseln”
- German: “Tanga Inseln” (historical)
- Greek: “Νήσοι Τάνγκα”
- Italian: “Isole Tanga”
- Japanese: “タンガ島”
- Japanese: “タンガ諸島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tanga-øyene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tanga”
- Russian: “Острова Танга”
- Russian: “Танга”
- Spanish: “Islas Tanga”
- Swedish: “Tanga öarna”
- Swedish: “Tangaöarna”
- Swiss German: “Tanga-Insle”
- Tosk Albanian: “Tanga-Inseln”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Tanga”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹانگا جزیرے”
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