Tanga Islands
The Tanga Islands are an island group in Papua New Guinea, located north-east of New Ireland and part of the Bismarck Archipelago. Tanga is made up of four main islands — Boang, Maledok, Lif and Tefa — and a number of smaller, uninhabited islands.Photo: Alifazal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Malendok Island
Island
Malendok Island is an island of the Tanga Islands of Papua New Guinea, located to the east of New Ireland.
Tanga Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: archipelago in Papua New Guinea
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-3.46867° or 3° 28' 7" southLongitude
153.21821° or 153° 13' 6" eastElevation
185 metres (607 feet)Open Location Code
6R8MG6J9+G7GeoNames ID
2085843Wikidata ID
Q1401361Tanga Islands Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Cebuano: Tanga Islands
- Dutch: Tanga Islands
- French: Îles Tanga
- French: îles Tanga
- Georgian: ტანგას კუნძულები
- German (Historic): Tanga Inseln
- German: Tanga-Inseln
- Greek: Νήσοι Τάνγκα
- Italian: Isole Tanga
- Japanese: タンガ島
- Japanese: タンガ諸島
- Russian: Острова Танга
- Russian: Танга
- Spanish: Islas Tanga
- Swedish: Tanga öarna
- Swedish: Tangaöarna
- Swiss German: Tanga-Insle
- Tosk Albanian: Tanga-Inseln
- Vietnamese: Quần đảo Tanga
- Western Panjabi: ٹانگا جزیرے
- Anthony Caens-Inseln
- Anthony Caens
- Anthony Kaan Island
- Ile d’Oraison
- Kaan Islands
- Oraison-Inseln
- Oraison Island
- Tanga-Gruppe
- Tanga Group
In the Area
Tanga Islands is situated close to the village Put and the locality Balanwaransau.
Localities
Landmarks
- Bitlik IslandIsland, 4 km south
- Bitbok IslandIsland, 4½ km south
- Lif IslandIsland, 6 km southwest
- Nekin IslandIslet, 7 km southwest
- Tefa IslandIsland, 8 km south
- Bitkangkunmale IslandIsland, 10 km north
Escape to a Random Place
Discover the islands Phillip Shields Islands in Cape May County, United States and Great Glennie Island in Victoria, Australia.
About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Tanga Islands. Photo: Alifazal, CC BY-SA 3.0.