Marshall Bennett Islands
Marshall Bennett Islands (also known as the Marshall Bennets[1]) are several islands in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Geography
They consist of:
- Gawa
- Dugumenu
- Iwa Island
- Kwaiawata
- Egum Atoll with 12 islands
- Yanaba Island (reef)
- Egom (lagoon)
- uninhabited islands on the fringing reef (clockwise starting west)
- Digaragara
- Wiakau (second largest island)
- Napasa
- unnamed island
- Tabunagora
- Nagian
- uninhabited islands in the lagoon
- Mua
- Fandaio
- Simlakita
- Nasakori (Panamote)
They are usually considered to be part of the
Dugumenu
is uninhabited but is used by neighbouring islanders for the growing of coconuts.
References
- ^ Seligman, C.G. (1910). The Melanesians of British New Guinea. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 40.
8°50′S 151°55′E / 8.833°S 151.917°E