St Matthias Islands

The St Matthias Islands are a small archipelago group of islands in the , in northern . They are within . The archipelago is home to the St. Matthias languages.
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  • Type: Archipelago
  • Description: island group in Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: Matthias Gruppe”, “Mussau islands”, “Saint Mathias Islands”, and “Saint Matthias Islands

St Matthias Islands

Latitude
-1.58214° or 1° 34′ 56″ south
Longitude
149.81649° or 149° 48′ 59″ east
Open location code
6RCFCR98+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12488570809
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­archipelago
Geo­Names ID
2087392
Wiki­data ID
Q1401458
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“St Matthias Islands” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Saint Matthias Group
  • Chinese: 圣马提亚群岛
  • Chinese: 聖穆紹群島
  • Czech: Ostrovy Mussau
  • Czech: Ostrovy sv. Matyáše
  • Czech: Ostrovy svatého Matyáše
  • Dutch: Sint-Matthias-eilanden
  • Dutch: St Matthias Islands
  • Esperanto: Sankt-Mattiasa Insularo
  • Finnish: St Matthias -saaret
  • French: îles Mussau
  • French: Îles Mussau
  • German: Mussau-Inseln
  • German: Sankt-Matthias-Gruppe
  • German: Sankt-Matthias-Inseln
  • German: St.-Matthias-Gruppe
  • German: St.-Matthias-Inseln
  • Italian: Isole Mussau
  • Japanese: セント・マタイアス諸島
  • Japanese: セント・マティアス諸島
  • Japanese: セントマタイアス諸島
  • Polish: Wyspy Świętego Macieja
  • Polish: Wyspy Świętego Mateusza
  • Portuguese: Ilhas de São Matias
  • Russian: Сент-Маттайас
  • Serbian: Острва Светог Матије
  • Slovak: Ostrovy svätého Mateja
  • Spanish: Islas San Matias
  • Spanish: Islas San Matías
  • Swedish: Mussau Islands
  • Swedish: Mussauöarna
  • Swedish: St Matthias öarna
  • Swedish: St Matthiasöarna
  • Swiss German: St.-Matthias-Inseln
  • Tosk Albanian: St.-Matthias-Inseln
  • Western Mari: Сент-Маттиас ошмаотывлӓ
  • Western Panjabi: سینٹ میتھیاس جزیرے

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