Oceania
Papua New Guinea
Milne Bay Province

Samarai

Samarai is an island and former administrative capital in , . The island is historically significant as the site of a trading port and stop-over between and .
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  • Type: Town with 460 residents
  • Description: human settlement and island in Papua-Neuguinea
  • Also known as: “Samarar” and “Samaria”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kwato Island and Gesila Island.

Island
an island in China Strait, , . It is part of the . The island covers just 70 acres. is situated 3 km west of Samarai.

Island
is a small island separating West Channel, East Channel and China Strait, just south of , in , . is situated 3½ km northwest of Samarai.

Island
is a large island separating West Channel, East Channel and China Strait, just south of Milne Bay, in , . is situated 3½ km south of Samarai.

Samarai

Latitude
-10.61061° or 10° 36′ 38″ south
Longitude
150.66194° or 150° 39′ 43″ east
Population
460
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
IATA airport code
SQT
United Nations Location Code
PG SQT
Open location code
5RXG9MQ6+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7660921152
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2132606
Wiki­data ID
Q938379
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Samarai” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Samarai”
  • Chinese: “薩馬賴”
  • Dutch: “Samarai”
  • French: “Samarai”
  • German: “Samarai”
  • Italian: “Samarai”
  • Japanese: “サマライ”
  • Spanish: “Samarai”
  • Ukrainian: “Самарай”
  • Western Panjabi: “سامارائی”
  • “Samarai”

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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 “Samarai”. Photo: Special Collections, Public domain.