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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  • Island
  • …has about 33,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 240 metres (770 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code MAS
  • 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”
    “Usiai”
  • Category: landform
  • Location
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Latitude
-2.07579° or 2° 4′ 33″ south
Longitude
146.9672° or 146° 58′ 2″ east
UN/LOCODE
PG MAS
Open location code
6R98WXF8+MV
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Manus Island” goes by many names.
جزيرة مانوسArabic
Մանուս կղզիArmenian
МанусBelarusian
МанусBulgarian
Манус (остров)Bulgarian
Illa de ManusCatalan
Manus IslandCebuano
馬努斯島Chinese
ManusCzech
ManusDutch
ManusoEsperanto
ManusFinnish
ManusGalician
მანუსიGeorgian
מנוסHebrew
Manus-szigetHungarian
Pulau ManusIndonesian
isola di ManusItalian
ManusItalian
マヌス島Japanese
마누스섬Korean
ManusasLithuanian
جزیره مانوسPersian
ManusPolish
МанусRussian
ManusSwedish
மானுசுத் தீவுTamil
Manus AdasıTurkish
مانوس جزیرہUrdu
ManusVietnamese
Манус ошмаотыWestern Mari
مانوس جزیرےWestern Panjabi

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