Lihir Islands

E350166
island group volcanic islands

The Lihir Islands are a volcanic island group in Papua New Guinea’s New Ireland Province, best known for their large gold mine and distinctive Melanesian culture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lihir Islands canonical 5
Lihir Island Group 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island group ⓘ
volcanic islands ⓘ
administrativeCentreFor Lihir Rural LLG ⓘ
climate humid ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
countrySubdivision New Ireland Province ⓘ
culturalRegion Melanesia ⓘ
ethnicGroup Melanesians ⓘ
geologicalOrigin volcanic arc ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Lihir Group ⓘ
Lihir Islands ⓘ
surface form: Lihir Island Group
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
gold mining ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasFeature caldera ⓘ
fringing coral reefs ⓘ
hydrothermal activity ⓘ
hasIndustry large-scale gold mining ⓘ
hasIsland Aniolam Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahur Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Masahet Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sanambiet Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainIsland Aniolam Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPort Londolovit port ⓘ
hasSettlement Londolovit ⓘ
Mahur ⓘ
Masahet ⓘ
Putput ⓘ
knownFor Lihir Gold Mine ⓘ
Melanesian culture ⓘ
gold mining ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Leipon language ⓘ
surface form: Lihir language
locatedIn Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ
New Ireland Province ⓘ
southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean
locatedOn Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
nearbyIsland New Ireland ⓘ
Tabar Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanga Islands ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
resource gold ⓘ
sovereignState Papua New Guinea ⓘ
timeZone UTC+10 ⓘ
traditionalBeliefSystem Melanesian customary religion ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

New Ireland → hasCulturalRegion → Lihir Islands ⓘ
Lihir → spokenIn → Lihir Islands ⓘ
Islands Region of Papua New Guinea → hasMajorIslandGroup → Lihir Islands ⓘ
Feni group → nearbyIslandGroup → Lihir Islands ⓘ
Lihir Islands → hasAlternativeName → Lihir Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lihir Island Group
Tabar Islands → hasNearbyIslandGroup → Lihir Islands ⓘ