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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: Island in Papua New Guinea
- Also known as: “Pirutu”
Purutu Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-8.39234° or 8° 23′ 32″ southLongitude
143.44396° or 143° 26′ 38″ eastElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
6R35JC5V+3HOpenStreetMap ID
way 21917785OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2087945Wikidata ID
Q7261656
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Satellite Map
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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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