Wuvulu Island

Wuvulu Island

Wuvulu Island is part of the Western Islands of the Bismarck Archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, part of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. It is the western most island of the thirteen islands that make up the chain of island in the archipelago. [cite web
url=http://www.wuvulu.com/
title=The Wuvulu Web Site
accessdate=2007-07-15] It is an island of volcanic origin encircled by a coral reef with a maximum height of three meters (10 feet) above sea level. [cite web
url=http://www.wuvulu.com/wuvulu.shtml
title=Geography
accessdate=2007-07-15]

ee also

*Wuvulu-Aua language

Notes

External links

* [http://www.wuvulu.com/history.shtml#History History of the Western Islands]
* [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/11/oci/ho_1979.206.1428.htm Bowl, 19th–early 20th century Wuvulu Island]
* [http://www.wuvulu.com/maps.shtml Area maps]


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