Purutu Island
Purutu Island is the second largest island in the Fly River delta, Papua New Guinea, after Kiwai Island. Its area is 186 km2. Administratively, the island belongs to Kiwai Rural LLG in South Fly District of Western Province.- Type: Island
- Description: Island in Papua New Guinea
- Also known as: “Pirutu”
Purutu Island
- Categories: reef island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-8.39234° or 8° 23′ 32″ south
Longitude
143.44396° or 143° 26′ 38″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
6R35JC5V+3H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Purutu Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Japanese—“Purutu Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Purutu Island”
- Cebuano: “Purutu Island”
- Dutch: “Purutu Island”
- French: “Purutu”
- Italian: “Purutu”
- Japanese: “パーウートゥ島”
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