New Britain
New Britain is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea and from New Ireland by St.Tap on the map to travel |
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Rabaul
Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rabaul is the former provincial capital of East New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
Kimbe
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Kimbe is the capital of the province of West New Britain in Papua New Guinea, and the largest settlement on the island.
New Britain
- Type: Island with 514,000 residents
- Description: island of the Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea
- Location: West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
-5.7431° or 5° 44' 35" southLongitude of centre
150.7716° or 150° 46' 18" eastPopulation
514,000Elevation
649 metres (2,129 feet)GeoNames ID
2089703Wikidata ID
Q59771New Britain Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Nieu-Brittanje
- Arabic: Bag-o nga Britanya
- Arabic: بريطانيا الجديدة
- Arabic: جزيرة نيو بريتين
- Armenian: Նոր Բրիտանիա
- Asturian: Nueva Bretaña
- Azerbaijani: Yeni Britaniya
- Bashkir: Яңы Британия
- Basque: Bretainia Berria
- Basque: Britainia Berria
- Belarusian: Востраў Новая Брытанія
- Belarusian: Новая Брытанія
- Bosnian: Nova Britanija
- Breton: Breizh-Nevez
- Breton: Preden-Nevez
- Bulgarian: Нова Британия
- Catalan: New Britain
- Catalan: Nova Bretanya
- Catalan: Nova Britània
- Cebuano: New Britain
- Chinese: 新不列顛
- Chinese: 新不列顛島
- Chinese: 新不列颠岛
- Croatian: New Britain
- Czech: Nová Británie
- Danish: New Britain
- Danish: Ny Britannien
- Dimli (individual language): Britanya Newiye
- Dutch: Nieuw-Brittanie
- Dutch: Nieuw-Brittanië
- Dutch: Nieuw-Brittannie
- Dutch: Nieuw-Brittannië
- Egyptian Arabic: جزيره نيو بريتين
- English: Neu-Pommern
- English: New Britain (Papua New Guinea)
- Esperanto: Nova Britio
- Esperanto: Novbritio
- Estonian: Uus-Britannia
- Estonian: Uus-Britannia saar
- Finnish: Uusi-Britannia
- French: New Britain
- French: Nouvelle-Bretagne
- French: Nouvelle Bretagne
- Galician: Nova Bretaña
- Georgian: ახალი ბრიტანეთი
- German: Neu-Britannien
- German: Neu-Pommern
- German: Neubritannien
- German: Neupommern
- Greek: Νέα Βρετανία
- Hebrew: בריטניה החדשה
- Hungarian: Új-Britannia
- Icelandic: Nýja-Bretland
- Indonesian: New Britain
- Irish: An Nua-Bhreatain
- Italian: Nuova Bretagna
- Italian: Nuova Britannia
- Japanese: ニューブリテン
- Japanese: ニューブリテン島
- Kazakh: Жаңа Британия
- Korean: 뉴브리튼
- Korean: 뉴브리튼섬
- Latin: Nova Britannia
- Latvian: Jaunbritānija
- Latvian: Jaunā Britānija
- Lithuanian: Naujoji Britanija
- Macedonian: Нова Британија
- Macedonian: Нова Померанија
- Macedonian: Ново Поморје
- Marathi: न्यू ब्रिटन
- Norwegian: New Britain
- Norwegian Bokmål: Neu Pommern
- Norwegian Bokmål: New Britain
- Norwegian Nynorsk: New Britain
- Persian: بریتانیای نو
- Polish: Nowa Brytania
- Portuguese: Nova Bretanha
- Romanian: Insula Noua Britanie
- Romanian: New Britain
- Romanian: Noua Britanie
- Russian: Новая Британия
- Scots: New Breetain
- Scottish Gaelic: Breatainn Nuadh
- Serbian: Neu Pommern
- Serbian: New Britain
- Serbian: New Pomerania
- Serbian: Нова Британија
- Serbian: Нова Померанија
- Serbo-Croatian: Nova Britanija
- Slovak: New Britain
- Slovenian: Nova Britanija
- Spanish: Nueva Bretana
- Spanish: Nueva Bretaña
- Spanish: Nueva Pomerania
- Swahili: Niu Briten
- Swedish: New Britain Island
- Swedish: New Britainön
- Swedish: Niu Briten
- Swedish: Nya Britannien
- Swiss German: Neibritannie
- Tagalog: Bagong Britanya
- Tagalog: New Britain
- Tamil: நியூ பிரிட்டன்
- Thai: นิวบริเตน
- Tok Pisin: New Britain
- Tok Pisin: Niu Briten
- Tok Pisin: Nu Briten
- Tosk Albanian: Neubritannien
- Turkish: New Britain
- Turkish: Yeni Britanya
- Turkish: Yeni Britanya Adası
- Ukrainian: Нова Британія
- Vietnamese: New Britain
- Vietnamese: Đảo New Britain
- Waray (Philippines): Bag-o nga Britanya
- Waray (Philippines): New Britain
- Welsh: New Britain
- Welsh: Prydain Newydd
- Western Mari: У Британи
- Western Panjabi: نواں برطانیہ
- Wu Chinese: 新不列颠
- Yue Chinese: 新不列顛
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