Kitava
Kitava is the most easterly of the four major islands in the Trobriand Islands archipelago group of the Solomon Sea, located in Milne Bay Province of southeastern Papua New Guinea.- Type: Island
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Nowan Island” and “Nowau Island”
Kitava
- Categories: limestone island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-8.62237° or 8° 37′ 21″ south
Longitude
151.33381° or 151° 20′ 2″ east
Population
2,910
Elevation
59 metres (194 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PG KVE
Open location code
6R3H98HM+3G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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