New Guinea

E28233

geographical region island

New Guinea is the world’s second-largest island, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia and known for its extraordinary biodiversity and cultural diversity.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
New Guinea canonical	144
New Guinea region	12
island of New Guinea	8
New Guinea Island	3
New Guinea area	3
Papua	2
Island of New Guinea	1
New Guinea (western part)	1
New Guinea and nearby islands	1
Papuan Peninsula	1
Sahul	1
Territory of New Guinea	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ island ⓘ
borderedBy	Arafura Sea ⓘ Banda Sea ⓘ Bismarck Sea ⓘ Coral Sea ⓘ Solomon Sea ⓘ
dividedBetween	Indonesia ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ
easternHalfAdministeredBy	Papua New Guinea ⓘ
easternHalfKnownAs	Papua New Guinea ⓘ surface form: mainland Papua New Guinea
hasArea	approximately 303500 square miles ⓘ approximately 785000 square kilometers ⓘ
hasBiodiversityRank	one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth ⓘ
hasClimate	equatorial ⓘ tropical ⓘ
hasCulturalDiversityRank	one of the most linguistically diverse regions in the world ⓘ
hasEndemism	high proportion of endemic species ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Puncak Jaya ⓘ
hasHumanPopulation	several million people ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeoples	Melanesians ⓘ surface form: Melanesian peoples Papuan peoples ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ Trans–New Guinea languages ⓘ
hasLanguagesCount	over 800 languages ⓘ
hasMajorEcoregion	New Guinea rain forests ⓘ surface form: New Guinea Highlands New Guinea rain forests ⓘ surface form: New Guinea lowland rain forests New Guinea mangroves ⓘ
hasMajorMountainRange	Central Cordillera ⓘ Central Range ⓘ
hasMajorRiver	Fly River ⓘ Mamberamo River ⓘ Ramu River ⓘ Sepik River ⓘ
hasNaturalResource	copper ⓘ gold ⓘ minerals ⓘ natural gas ⓘ timber ⓘ
hasNearbyIslandGroup	Aru Islands ⓘ Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ D'Entrecasteaux Islands ⓘ surface form: Louisiade Archipelago Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
hasNotableFauna	birds-of-paradise ⓘ cassowaries ⓘ cuscuses ⓘ tree kangaroos ⓘ
hasNotableFlora	alpine grasslands ⓘ montane forests ⓘ tropical rainforests ⓘ
highestPointElevation	16024 feet ⓘ 4884 meters ⓘ
knownFor	extraordinary biodiversity ⓘ high cultural diversity ⓘ large areas of tropical rainforest ⓘ
locatedIn	southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Southwestern Pacific Ocean
locatedNorthOf	Australia ⓘ
locatedOnTectonicPlate	Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ surface form: Australian Plate
nearTectonicBoundaryWith	Pacific Plate ⓘ
partOf	Australasian realm ⓘ surface form: Australasia Melanesia ⓘ Oceania ⓘ
secondLargestIslandAfter	Greenland ⓘ
separatedBy	Torres Strait ⓘ
separatedFrom	Australia ⓘ
threatenedBy	climate change ⓘ deforestation ⓘ mining activities ⓘ
westernHalfAdministeredBy	Indonesia ⓘ
westernHalfKnownAs	West Papua ⓘ surface form: Western New Guinea

Referenced by (178)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indonesia → containsIsland → New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Papua

Indo-Australian Plate → includesRegion → New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Guinea region

Megapodiidae → distribution → New Guinea ⓘ

South West Pacific Area → appliesToJurisdiction → New Guinea ⓘ

Southeast Asia → contains → New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Guinea (western part)

Operation Cartwheel → location → New Guinea ⓘ

Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces → theaterOfOperations → New Guinea ⓘ

Papua New Guinea → locatedOn → New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of New Guinea

New Guinea campaign → location → New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory of New Guinea

Australasian realm → includes → New Guinea ⓘ

New Guinea rain forests → locatedOn → New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of New Guinea

Diprotodontia → nativeTo → New Guinea ⓘ

Macropodidae → geographicDistribution → New Guinea ⓘ

Western Oceanic languages → spokenIn → New Guinea ⓘ

western Pacific Ocean → contains → New Guinea ⓘ

Indonesian archipelago → hasMajorIsland → New Guinea ⓘ

Eleventh Air Fleet → operationalArea → New Guinea ⓘ

Caroline Plate → locatedNorthOf → New Guinea ⓘ

Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area → areaOfOperations → New Guinea ⓘ

Bismarck Archipelago → locatedNortheastOf → New Guinea ⓘ

Malay Archipelago → includesIsland → New Guinea ⓘ

Malay Archipelago → largestIsland → New Guinea ⓘ

Nepenthaceae → nativeTo → New Guinea ⓘ

Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies → fieldworkLocation → New Guinea ⓘ

Highlands region → locatedOn → New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of New Guinea

Port Moresby → locatedIn → New Guinea ⓘ

Bird’s Head Plate → partOf → New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Guinea region

southern cassowary → nativeTo → New Guinea ⓘ

spectacled flying fox → nativeTo → New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Guinea region

Operation Postern → location → New Guinea ⓘ

Arafura Sea → borders → New Guinea ⓘ

Arafura Sea → separates → New Guinea ⓘ

Arafura Sea → locatedSouthOf → New Guinea ⓘ

Japanese cruiser Aoba → locationOfOperations → New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Guinea area

Indo-Pacific linguistic area → includesRegion → New Guinea ⓘ

Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration → locatedOn → New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of New Guinea

Oceanic art → hasSubregion → New Guinea ⓘ

Australian 9th Division → laterDeployedTo → New Guinea ⓘ

Neolithic Revolution → alsoOccurredIndependentlyInRegion → New Guinea ⓘ

Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area → areaOfResponsibility → New Guinea ⓘ

Sepik River → locatedIn → New Guinea ⓘ

Finisterre Range campaign → location → New Guinea ⓘ

Bismarck Sea → locatedNorthOf → New Guinea ⓘ

Bismarck Sea → boundedBy → New Guinea ⓘ

West Papua → partOf → New Guinea ⓘ

Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia → location → New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Guinea region

Heemskerck → voyageDestination → New Guinea ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Guinea region

Battle of Wau → place → New Guinea ⓘ