Oceania
Papua New Guinea
Madang Province

Karkar Island

Karkar Island is an oval-shaped volcanic island located in the , about 74 kilometres off the north coast of mainland in , from which it is separated by the Isumrud Strait.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: mountain
  • Also known as: “Karker Island” and “Krakar Island”
  • Historically known as: “Dampier Island”

Karkar Island

Latitude
-4.63333° or 4° 38′ south
Longitude
145.96667° or 145° 58′ east
Population
65,000
Elevation
1,036 metres (3,399 feet)
Open location code
6R779X88+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305002003
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2094547
Wiki­data ID
Q720720
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Satellite Map

Discover Karkar Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Karkar Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة كركار”
  • Catalan: “Karkar Island”
  • Cebuano: “Karkar Island”
  • Chinese: “卡尔卡尔岛”
  • Chinese: “卡爾卡爾島”
  • Czech: “Karkar”
  • Dutch: “Karkar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كاركار ايسلاند”
  • French: “Karkar”
  • Georgian: “კარკარი”
  • German: “Dampier-Insel”
  • German: “Karkar”
  • Italian: “Karkar”
  • Japanese: “カーカー島”
  • Japanese: “カルカル島”
  • Ladin: “Karkar Island”
  • Mirandese: “Karkar”
  • Persian: “جزیره کارکار”
  • Polish: “Karkar”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Karkar”
  • Portuguese: “Karkar”
  • Russian: “Каркар”
  • Swedish: “Karkar”
  • Ukrainian: “Каркар”
  • Venetian: “Karkar”
  • Western Panjabi: “کارکر جزیرہ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Karkar Island”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.