Woodlark Island
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Woodlark Island is a remote island in Papua New Guinea’s Milne Bay Province, notable for its role as a World War II military staging area and its rich tropical biodiversity.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
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island ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Murua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muyua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| countryCapital | none ⓘ |
| governedBy | Milne Bay Provincial Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Guasopa Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBiodiversityStatus | high endemism potential ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
remote location
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rich tropical biodiversity ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical ⓘ |
| hasConservationConcern | threats from logging ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
fishing
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small-scale forestry ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem |
tropical coastal ecosystem
ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndigenousPeople | Woodlark Islanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandingDate | 1943-06-30 ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Woodlark Island language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryHistoryEvent | Operation Chronicle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryInstallation | airfield constructed by Allied forces during World War II ⓘ |
| hasNaturalResource | tropical timber ⓘ |
| hasNearbyIslandGroup |
Louisiade Archipelago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trobriand Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | unsealed (Guasopa Airport) ⓘ |
| hasSettlement | Guasopa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Milne Bay Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInArchipelago | Woodlark Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Solomon Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInOcean | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Melanesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Milne Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Papua New Guinea Islands Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Woodlark Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+10 ⓘ |
| usedAs | World War II military staging area ⓘ |
| usedByMilitaryForce |
Allied forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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