New Ireland

E78914

island province

New Ireland is a long, narrow island in the Bismarck Archipelago known for its distinctive Malagan art and as one of the major island provinces of Papua New Guinea.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island → province →
borderedBy	Bismarck Sea → Pacific Ocean →
capital	Kavieng →
climate	tropical →
country	Papua New Guinea →
countrySubdivisionOf	Papua New Guinea →
economicActivity	cocoa production → copra production → fishing →
ethnicGroup	New Irelanders →
formerColonialPower	Australia → Germany →
governingBody	New Ireland Provincial Government →
hasArtTradition	Malagan carvings → Tatanua masks →
hasCulturalRegion	Feni Islands → Lavongai (New Hanover) → Lihir Islands → Tabar Islands → Tanga Islands →
hasIslandGroup	Feni group → Lihir group → New Hanover → New Ireland Island → Tabar group → Tanga group →
hasProvinceName	New Ireland Province →
highestPoint	Mount Taron →
historicalName	Neumecklenburg →
knownFor	Malagan art → Malagan funerary ceremonies → traditional woodcarving →
languageGroup	Austronesian languages → Papuan languages →
locatedIn	Bismarck Archipelago → Bismarck Sea → Solomon Sea → Southwest Pacific Ocean →
partOf	Bismarck Archipelago → Islands Region of Papua New Guinea →
religion	Christianity →
separatedBy	Saint George’s Channel →
separatedFrom	New Britain →
shape	long and narrow →
timeZone	UTC+10 →
transportHub	Kavieng Airport →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
RMS Titanic ("Ireland") →	builtIn
Bismarck Archipelago →	hasIsland
New Ireland ("New Ireland Island") →	hasIslandGroup
Papua New Guinea →	hasPart
Western Oceanic languages ("New Ireland languages") →	hasSubgroup
Meso-Melanesian languages →	spokenIn