Oceania
Papua New Guinea
Milne Bay Province

Alcester Island

Alcester Island is the largest of the Alcester Islands, between and Egum Atoll, , . It is located in the Solomon Sea at the eastern end of the mainland, 50 km SW of Woodlark Island.
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Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: “Nasikuab Island”

Alcester Island

Latitude
-9.55804° or 9° 33′ 29″ south
Longitude
152.44468° or 152° 26′ 41″ east
Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PG ALC
Open location code
6R2JCCRV+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43852045
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2101044
Wiki­data ID
Q2640252
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Satellite Map

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

From Catalan to German—“Alcester Island” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Alcester Island”
  • Cebuano: “Alcester Island”
  • Dutch: “Alcester”
  • German: “Alcester-Inseln”

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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 “Alcester Island”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.