New Guinea

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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.

Aliases (6)

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	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	Melanesian peoples → Papuan peoples →
hasLanguageFamily	Austronesian languages → Trans–New Guinea languages →
hasLanguagesCount	over 800 languages →
hasMajorEcoregion	New Guinea Highlands → 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 → 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	Southwestern Pacific Ocean →
locatedNorthOf	Australia →
locatedOnTectonicPlate	Australian Plate →
nearTectonicBoundaryWith	Pacific Plate →
partOf	Australasia → Melanesia → Oceania →
secondLargestIslandAfter	Greenland →
separatedBy	Torres Strait →
separatedFrom	Australia →
threatenedBy	climate change → deforestation → mining activities →
westernHalfAdministeredBy	Indonesia →
westernHalfKnownAs	Western New Guinea →

Referenced by (44)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Finisterre Range campaign → New Guinea campaign → New Guinea campaign ("Territory of New Guinea") → Operation Cartwheel → Operation Postern →	location
Highlands region ("island of New Guinea") → New Guinea rain forests ("island of New Guinea") → Papua New Guinea ("island of New Guinea") → Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration ("island of New Guinea") →	locatedOn
Diprotodontia → Nepenthaceae → southern cassowary → spectacled flying fox ("New Guinea region") →	nativeTo
Southeast Asia ("New Guinea (western part)") → western Pacific Ocean →	contains
Indonesia → Indonesia ("Papua") →	containsIsland
Indo-Australian Plate ("New Guinea region") → Indo-Pacific linguistic area →	includesRegion
Port Moresby → Sepik River →	locatedIn
Neolithic Revolution →	alsoOccurredIndependentlyInRegion
South West Pacific Area →	appliesToJurisdiction
Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area →	areaOfOperations
Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area →	areaOfResponsibility
Arafura Sea →	borders
Megapodiidae →	distribution
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies →	fieldworkLocation
Macropodidae →	geographicDistribution
Indonesian archipelago →	hasMajorIsland
Oceanic art →	hasSubregion
Australasian realm →	includes
Malay Archipelago →	includesIsland
Malay Archipelago →	largestIsland
Australian 9th Division →	laterDeployedTo
Bismarck Archipelago →	locatedNortheastOf
Caroline Plate →	locatedNorthOf
Arafura Sea →	locatedSouthOf
Japanese cruiser Aoba ("New Guinea area") →	locationOfOperations
Eleventh Air Fleet →	operationalArea
Bird’s Head Plate ("New Guinea region") →	partOf
Arafura Sea →	separates
Western Oceanic languages →	spokenIn
Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces →	theaterOfOperations