Tami Islands
The Tami Islands are a small island group located 13 km SSE of Finschhafen in the Huon Gulf. It is part of today's Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Its people were known throughout the Solomon and South Sea islands for their distinctive wooden bowls, their religious figure carvings, and their ceremonial masks.- Type: Island
- Description: island group
- Also known as: “Cretin Islands”
Tami Islands
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-6.75375° or 6° 45′ 14″ south
Longitude
147.91006° or 147° 54′ 36″ east
Open location code
6R596WW6+G2
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Satellite Map
Discover Tami Islands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Tami Islands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tami Islands”
- German: “Tami-Inseln”
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