Rossel Island
Rossel Island is the easternmost island of the Louisiade Archipelago, within the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Tree Islet is situated 1.5 miles to the north-west, while Wule Island is situated 1.5 miles westward.
NASA, Public domain.- Island
- …has about 5,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 840 metres (2,750 feet)
- Description: island in Papua New Guinea
- Also known as“Arova”“Jela”“Rua”
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Latitude
-11.35° or 11° 21′ south
Longitude
154.15° or 154° 9′ east
Open location code
5RWPM42X+2X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Rossel Island” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Islla Rossel”
- Cebuano: “Rossel Island”
- Chinese: “罗塞尔岛”
- Chinese: “羅塞爾島”
- Czech: “Ostrov Rossel”
- Dutch: “Rossel”
- Dutch: “Yela”
- Egyptian Arabic: “روسيل ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “روسيل”
- Estonian: “Rossel”
- Estonian: “Rosseli saar”
- French: “Île Rossel”
- French: “Île Rossell”
- French: “Rossel”
- Georgian: “როსელი”
- German: “Rossel”
- Italian: “Rossel”
- Japanese: “ロッセル島”
- Marathi: “येला”
- Marathi: “रॉसेल द्वीप”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Rossel”
- Russian: “Россел”
- Slovenian: “Rossel”
- Spanish: “Isla Rossel”
- Swedish: “Rossel”
- Swedish: “Yela Island”
- Swedish: “Yela”
- Western Frisian: “Rossel”
- Western Mari: “Россел”
- Western Panjabi: “روسل جزیرہ”
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