New Britain

E78913

island volcanic island

New Britain is a large volcanic island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea, known for its rugged terrain, active volcanoes, and diverse indigenous cultures.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
New Britain canonical	50
New Britain (western part)	1
New Britain Province	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island ⓘ volcanic island ⓘ
area	approximately 36500 square kilometres ⓘ
capitalOfEastNewBritainProvince	Kokopo ⓘ
capitalOfWestNewBritainProvince	Kimbe ⓘ
colonialHistory	Territory of New Guinea ⓘ surface form: Australian-administered Territory of New Guinea German New Guinea ⓘ
country	Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasActiveVolcano	Garua Harbour volcanic complex ⓘ Langila ⓘ Tavurvur ⓘ Ulawun ⓘ
hasBiodiversity	endemic plant and animal species ⓘ rich marine life ⓘ
hasCity	Kimbe ⓘ Kokopo ⓘ Rabaul ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineFeature	coral reefs ⓘ deep bays ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	cocoa production ⓘ copra production ⓘ fishing ⓘ oil palm plantations ⓘ timber industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Baining people ⓘ Mengen people ⓘ Nakanai people ⓘ Tolai people ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Mount Sinewit ⓘ Mount Ulawun ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent	Allied campaigns against Japanese forces during World War II ⓘ Invasion of Rabaul ⓘ surface form: Battle of Rabaul
hasLanguageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ Trans–New Guinea languages ⓘ surface form: Papuan languages
hasNaturalFeature	geothermal activity ⓘ hot springs ⓘ tropical rainforests ⓘ volcanic mountain ranges ⓘ
hasRegion	East New Britain Province ⓘ West New Britain Province ⓘ
hasTerrain	mountainous interior ⓘ rugged ⓘ
length	about 520 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ Melanesia ⓘ southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean
partOf	Islands Region of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
wasTheatreOf	Pacific War ⓘ surface form: World War II Pacific campaign
width	up to 146 kilometres ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

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

Papua New Guinea → hasPart → New Britain ⓘ

Meso-Melanesian languages → spokenIn → New Britain ⓘ

Battle of Cape Gloucester → location → New Britain ⓘ

Invasion of Rabaul → location → New Britain ⓘ

Bismarck Archipelago → largestIsland → New Britain ⓘ

Bismarck Archipelago → hasIsland → New Britain ⓘ

New Ireland → separatedFrom → New Britain ⓘ

Rabaul → locatedIn → New Britain ⓘ

Operation Blissful → location → New Britain ⓘ

Bismarck Sea → boundedBy → New Britain ⓘ

Bismarck Sea → hasNearbyIsland → New Britain ⓘ

Western Bismarck languages → region → New Britain ⓘ

Willaumez languages → locatedIn → New Britain ⓘ

Kove language → spokenOn → New Britain ⓘ

New Britain campaign → location → New Britain ⓘ

Operation Backhander → location → New Britain ⓘ

Landing at Arawe → location → New Britain ⓘ

German New Guinea → includesTerritoryOf → New Britain ⓘ

Lark Force → locationDeployed → New Britain ⓘ

Western Oceanic → geographicDistribution → New Britain ⓘ

New Britain Trench → namedAfter → New Britain ⓘ

Lakalai language → region → New Britain ⓘ

Lakalai language → nativeTo → New Britain ⓘ

Nakanai → spokenIn → New Britain ⓘ

East New Britain Province → locatedOnIsland → New Britain ⓘ

West New Britain Province → locatedOnIsland → New Britain ⓘ

Islands Region of Papua New Guinea → contains → New Britain ⓘ

Ulawun → locatedOn → New Britain ⓘ

Tavurvur → locatedOn → New Britain ⓘ

Langila → locatedOn → New Britain ⓘ

Garua Harbour volcanic complex → locatedOn → New Britain ⓘ

Garua Harbour volcanic complex → locatedIn → New Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Britain Province

Kokopo → locatedOn → New Britain ⓘ

Kimbe → locatedIn → New Britain ⓘ

Kimbe → island → New Britain ⓘ

Kimbe → isMainTownOf → New Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Britain (western part)

Mengen people → locatedIn → New Britain ⓘ

Tolai people → locatedOn → New Britain ⓘ

Nakanai people → locatedIn → New Britain ⓘ

Baining people → locatedIn → New Britain ⓘ

Duke of York Islands → locatedBetween → New Britain ⓘ

Saint George’s Channel → separates → New Britain ⓘ

Saint George’s Channel → hasCoastOn → New Britain ⓘ

Saint George’s Channel → hasAdjacentIsland → New Britain ⓘ

Mount Sinewit → locatedOn → New Britain ⓘ

Mount Sinewit → isHighestPointOf → New Britain ⓘ

Mount Sinewit → island → New Britain ⓘ

Mount Ulawun → locatedIn → New Britain ⓘ

Umboi Island → locatedBetween → New Britain ⓘ

Vulcan volcano → locatedOn → New Britain ⓘ