St Matthias Islands
The St Matthias Islands are a small archipelago group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, in northern Papua New Guinea. They are within New Ireland Province. The archipelago is home to the St. Matthias languages.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
- Categories: island group, locality, and landform
- Location: New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-1.58214° or 1° 34′ 56″ southLongitude
149.81649° or 149° 48′ 59″ eastOpen location code
6RCFCR98+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 12488570809OpenStreetMap feature
place=archipelagoGeoNames ID
2087392Wikidata ID
Q1401458
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Satellite Map
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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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