Vulcan Island

Manam, known locally as Manam Motu, is an island located in the across the Stephan Strait from Yawar on the northeast coast of mainland 's .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: “Manam”, “Manam Motu”, “Manumudar”, “Volcano”, and “Vulkan”

Vulcan Island

Latitude
-4.07756° or 4° 4′ 39″ south
Longitude
145.03528° or 145° 2′ 7″ east
Population
10,700
Elevation
1,729 metres (5,673 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PG MAM
Open location code
6R77W2CP+X4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22293509
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2091622
Wiki­data ID
Q1888667
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Vulcan Island” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Manam Island”
  • Cebuano: “Manam Island”
  • Chinese: “馬納姆島”
  • Dutch: “Manam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مانام”
  • French: “Manam Motu”
  • French: “Manam”
  • German: “Manam”
  • Greek: “Μανάμ”
  • Indonesian: “Manam Motu”
  • Italian: “Manam”
  • Japanese: “マナム山”
  • Japanese: “マナム島”
  • Japanese: “マナム火山”
  • Korean: “마남 화산”
  • Korean: “마남모투 화산”
  • Korean: “마남모투”
  • Korean: “마남모투섬”
  • Korean: “마남산”
  • Ladin: “Manam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Manam”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਨਮ ਮੋਟੂ”
  • Polish: “Manam”
  • Portuguese: “Manam”
  • Russian: “Манам”
  • Slovak: “Manam”
  • Venetian: “Manam”
  • Western Panjabi: “مانام”

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