Kiriwina
Kiriwina is the largest and most populated of the Trobriand Islands, situated in the Solomon Sea, with an area of 290.5 km2. It is part of the Kiriwina-Goodenough District of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Papua New Guinea
- Historically known as: “Trobriand Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Losuia.
Losuia
Town
Losuia is a village on Kiriwina Island, part of the… Losuia is situated 9 km northwest of Kiriwina.
Kiriwina
- Categories: limestone island and landform
- Location: Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-8.57642° or 8° 34′ 35″ south
Longitude
151.13463° or 151° 8′ 5″ east
Population
22,200
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
6R3HC4FM+CV
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Kiriwina” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kiriwina”
- Belarusian: “Кірывіна”
- Catalan: “Kiriwina Island”
- Cebuano: “Kiriwina Island”
- Chinese: “基里維納島”
- Chinese: “基里维纳岛”
- Czech: “Kiriwina”
- Dutch: “Kiriwina”
- French: “Kiriwina”
- Georgian: “კირივინა”
- German: “Kiriwina”
- Hebrew: “קיריווינה”
- Italian: “Kiriwina”
- Japanese: “キリウィナ”
- Japanese: “キリウィナ島”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kiriwina”
- Persian: “کیریوینا”
- Russian: “Киривина”
- Spanish: “Kiriwina”
- Swedish: “Kiriwina”
- Western Panjabi: “کیریوینا”
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Places to explore: Obulaku and Okukwewelou.
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