Green Island
Nissan Island is the largest of the Green Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is located at, about 200 km east of Rabaul on New Britain and about 200 km north-west of Bougainville.- Type: Island
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Nissan Island”, “Nissau”, “Sir Charles Hardy”, and “グリーン島”
- Historically known as: “Nissom Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Nissan Island Airport.
Nissan Island Airport
Aerodrome
Green Island
- Categories: reef island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-4.51186° or 4° 30′ 43″ south
Longitude
154.2068° or 154° 12′ 25″ east
Population
4,680
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
IATA airport code
IIS
UN/LOCODE
PG IIS
Open location code
6R7PF6Q4+7P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Green Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Nissan Island”
- Cebuano: “Nissan Island”
- Chinese: “绿岛”
- Dutch: “Nissan”
- French: “Île Nissan”
- French: “Nissan”
- German: “Nissan”
- Italian: “Nissan”
- Japanese: “ニッサン島”
- Russian: “Ниссан”
- Spanish: “Isla Nissan”
- Turkish: “Nissan Adası”
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