Misima Island
Misima is a volcanic island in the northwest of Louisiade Archipelago within Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.
- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Luisiade Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean
- Also known as: “St. Aignan”
- Historically known as: “Saint Aignan Island” and “St. Aignan Island”
Misima Island
- Categories: volcanic island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-10.66407° or 10° 39′ 51″ south
Longitude
152.69908° or 152° 41′ 57″ east
Population
14,800
Elevation
400 metres (1,312 feet)
IATA airport code
MIS
United Nations Location Code
PG MIS
Open location code
5RXJ8MPX+9J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
Discover Misima Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Misima Island” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Islla Misima”
- Catalan: “Misima Island”
- Cebuano: “Misima Island”
- Chinese: “米西馬島”
- Dutch: “Misima”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميسيما ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميسيما”
- Estonian: “Misima”
- Estonian: “St. Aignan”
- French: “Île Misima”
- French: “Misima”
- Georgian: “მისიმა”
- German: “Misima”
- Italian: “Misima”
- Italian: “St. Aignan”
- Japanese: “ミシマ島 (ルイジアード諸島)”
- Japanese: “ミシマ島”
- Marathi: “मिसिमा द्वीप”
- Marathi: “मिसिमा बेट”
- Marathi: “मिसिमा”
- Marathi: “सेंट ऐन्याँ”
- Polish: “Misima Island”
- Russian: “Мисима (остров, Папуа — Новая Гвинея)”
- Russian: “Мисима”
- Spanish: “Isla Misima”
- Swedish: “Misima”
- Western Mari: “Мисима”
- Western Panjabi: “میسیما جزیرہ”
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