Lou Island
Nickname: Lo, Low Island, Saint George Island, Sankt Georg-Insel, Saint George Insel, Jima Rou | |
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.JPG) Landsat image of Lou Island, Admiralty Group, Papua New Guinea | |
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| Geography | |
| Archipelago | Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago |
| Administration | |
| Province | Manus Province |
| District | Manus District |
| Local-level Government | Balopa Rural |
Lou Island is an island of the Admiralty Islands, part of the Bismarck Archipelago, located in northern Papua New Guinea.[1] It is 20 km south-east of Manus Island.[2]
Lou Island has four main villages: Rei, Lako, Baon and Solang.[1]
Geography
The estimate terrain elevation is about sea level is 84 metres. The latitude is -2°23'40.99" and the longitude is 147°20'31.4" [3]
Trade
The. island is one of the few sites in the South Pacific where volcanic glass or obsidian was mined to be fashioned into weapons or tools; obsidian from the island was traded all throughout the south-west Pacific.[2][4]
2°24′S 147°21′E / 2.400°S 147.350°E
References
- ^ a b "Lou Island". Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ a b "Lou Island, Papua New Guinea - John Seach". volcanolive.com. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "Lou Island island, Manus, Papua New Guinea". pg.geoview.info. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ "A rock straight out of Lou Island – The National". www.thenational.com.pg. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
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