Kuk Swamp

Kuk Swamp is an archaeological site in , that lies in the Wahgi Valley of the highlands at an altitude of about 1550 m some 12–13 km northeast of , the capital of .
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Kuk Swamp

Latitude
-5.78371° or 5° 47′ 1″ south
Longitude
144.33172° or 144° 19′ 54″ east
Open location code
6R66688J+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 921135978
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1165562
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Kuk Swamp” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kukmoeras”
  • Arabic: “مستنقع كوك”
  • Armenian: “Կուկի հին գյուղատնտեսական բնակավայրեր”
  • Belarusian: “Старажытнае земляробчае паселішча Кук”
  • Catalan: “Kuk”
  • Chinese: “库克早期农业遗址”
  • Chinese: “庫克早期農業遺址”
  • Croatian: “Arheološko nalazište Kuk”
  • Czech: “Kuk (Papua Nová Guinea)”
  • Czech: “Kuk”
  • Dutch: “Kuk”
  • Finnish: “Kuk”
  • French: “Kuk”
  • French: “Marécage de Kuk”
  • Galician: “Antiga área agrícola de Kuk”
  • Galician: “Kuk”
  • Georgian: “კუკის ჭაობი”
  • German: “Historische Agrarlandschaft von Kuk”
  • Hebrew: “ביצת קוק”
  • Hebrew: “האתר החקלאי המוקדם בקוק”
  • Italian: “Kuk”
  • Italian: “Sito agricolo primordiale di Kuk”
  • Japanese: “クックの初期農業遺跡”
  • Japanese: “クックの初期農耕遺跡”
  • Latin: “Palus Kukensis”
  • Latvian: “Kukas purvs”
  • Lithuanian: “Kuko ankstyvosios žemdirbystės vieta”
  • Maltese: “Kuk”
  • Maltese: “Sit Agrikolu Bikri ta‘ Kuk”
  • Maltese: “Sit Agrikolu Bikri ta’ Kuk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kuk på Ny-Guinea”
  • Persian: “باتلاق کوک”
  • Polish: “Kuk”
  • Portuguese: “Antiga Área Agrícola de Kuk”
  • Russian: “Болота Кука”
  • Russian: “Болото Кука”
  • Russian: “Древнее земледельческое поселение Кука”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Arheološko nalazište Kuk”
  • Spanish: “Kuk”
  • Swedish: “Kuk, Papua Nya Guinea”
  • Swedish: “Kuk”
  • Swedish: “Kukträsket”
  • Turkish: “Kuk Bataklığı”
  • Ukrainian: “Стародавнє землеробське поселення Кука”
  • Vietnamese: “Đầm lầy Kuk”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kuk Early Agricultural World Heritage Site and Gumanch Lutheran Reformed Church.

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