Markham River
The Markham River is a river in eastern Papua New Guinea. It originates in the Finisterre Range and flows for 180 km to empty into the Huon Gulf at Lae.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Watercourse
- Description: river in Papua New Guinea
- Also known as: “Wantsit”, “Wusi”, and “Wussi River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dowsett and Bugandi.
Dowsett
Suburb
Dowsett is a suburb of Lae in the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Dowsett is situated 3 km northeast of Markham River.
Bugandi
Suburb
Photo: Phenss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bugandi is a suburb of Lae in the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Bugandi is situated 3½ km north of Markham River.
Lae
Photo: Phenss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lae is a city in the Huon Gulf region of Papua New Guinea. Lae is PNG's second city, after the capital Port Moresby and its main economic hub as most of the production from the country's Highlands area is exported through the city, transported along the Highlands Highway.
Markham River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Markham River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Markham”
- Belarusian: “Маркем (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Маркем”
- Catalan: “Riu Markham”
- Cebuano: “Markham River (suba, lat -6,74, long 146,97)”
- Cebuano: “Markham River”
- Chinese: “馬卡姆河”
- Czech: “Markham”
- French: “Markham”
- German: “Markham-Fluss”
- German: “Markham”
- Japanese: “マーカム川”
- Korean: “마컴강”
- Lithuanian: “Marchamas”
- Polish: “Markham”
- Russian: “Маркем”
- Russian: “Маркхам (река)”
- Spanish: “Rio Markham”
- Spanish: “Río Markham”
- Ukrainian: “Маркгем”
- Ukrainian: “Маркем”
- Uzbek: “Markham daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Markham”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Markham Bay and ANGAU Hospital.
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