Ponam Island
Ponam Island is located off the north coast of Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. The Ponam language is spoken on the island. The Ponam Airfield was built by the US Navy 78th Naval Construction Battalion "Seabees" between June and August 1944.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- Description: island in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
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Latitude
-1.91261° or 1° 54′ 45″ south
Longitude
146.88556° or 146° 53′ 8″ east
Open location code
6RC83VPP+X6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
“Ponam Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ponam Island”
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