Manus Island

Manus Island is part of in northern and is the largest of the . It is the fifth-largest island in Papua New Guinea, with an area of 2,100 km2, measuring around 100 km × 30 km.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: Admiralty Island”, “Basco”, “Don Jose de Basco y Vargas”, “Kor”, “Marso”, “Moanus”, “Sovereign”, “Taui”, “Tjawomu”, “Tshebamu”, “Urias la Grande”, and “Usiai

Manus Island

Latitude
-2.07579° or 2° 4′ 33″ south
Longitude
146.9672° or 146° 58′ 2″ east
Population
33,000
Elevation
235 metres (771 feet)
IATA airport code
MAS
United Nations Location Code
PG MAS
Open location code
6R98WXF8+MV
Geo­Names ID
2091496
Wiki­data ID
Q602106
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Manus Island” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Մանուս կղզի
  • Belarusian: Манус
  • Bulgarian: Манус (остров)
  • Bulgarian: Манус
  • Catalan: Illa de Manus
  • Cebuano: Manus Island
  • Chinese: 馬努斯島
  • Czech: Manus
  • Dutch: Manus
  • Esperanto: Manuso
  • Finnish: Manus
  • French: Manus
  • Galician: Manus
  • Georgian: მანუსი
  • German: Grosse Admiralitats-Insel
  • German: Manus
  • Hebrew: מנוס
  • Hungarian: Manus-sziget
  • Indonesian: Pulau Manus
  • Italian: isola di Manus
  • Italian: Manus
  • Japanese: マヌス島
  • Korean: 마누스섬
  • Lithuanian: Manusas
  • Persian: جزیره مانوس
  • Polish: Manus
  • Portuguese: Ilha Manus
  • Russian: Манус
  • Spanish: Isla del Senor Basco
  • Spanish: Isla Manus
  • Swedish: Manus
  • Tamil: மானுசுத் தீவு
  • Turkish: Manus Adası
  • Urdu: مانوس جزیرہ
  • Vietnamese: Manus
  • Western Mari: Манус ошмаоты
  • Western Panjabi: مانوس جزیرے

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