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User:Auric/Moresby Island, New Guinea

Coordinates: 9°26′36″S 147°02′15″E / 9.4432842078791°S 147.03744337088673°E / -9.4432842078791; 147.03744337088673
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Moresby Island
Moresby Island is located in Papua New Guinea
Moresby Island
Moresby Island
Location within Papua New Guinea
Moresby Island is located in Oceania
Moresby Island
Moresby Island
Moresby Island (Oceania)
Geography
LocationNew Guinea
Coordinates9°26′36″S 147°02′15″E / 9.4432842078791°S 147.03744337088673°E / -9.4432842078791; 147.03744337088673
Width36 mi (58 km)
Highest elevation1,600 ft (490 m)

Moresby Island in an island in New Guinea.[1]

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Area of Moresby Island?
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Basilisk Island

History

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Moresby Island was discovered by Captain Moresby and the Officers of HMS Basilisk (1848). The island was located near the present-day Port Moresby. Other islands in the archipelago were named Basilisk Island, Hayter Island and Heath Island, and Glenton Island (600 ft tall). A bay named Sir Alexander Milne Bay, about 12 to 18 miles in breadth, and 45 miles deep separated them from the mainland.

References

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  1. ^ Moresby, J. (1874). "Discoveries in Eastern New Guinea, by Captain Moresby and the Officers of H. M. S. Basilisk" (PDF). Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London. 19 (3): 225–244. doi:10.2307/1799940. JSTOR 1799940.
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