Ontong Java Atoll - General Info

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This remote atoll is one of the largest ones in the world, being boot-shaped and about 35 miles long from north to south and the same east to west. It lies 200 miles north of the nearest of the other Solomon Islands, but just 25 miles east of the Papua New Guinea island of Nukumanu. Although made up of over 120 islets, the two largest are Luaniua at southern end and Pelau on the northeastern side.

The principal activities of the island are harvesting coconuts, producing copra and fishing.

Position:

5° 31.4’S, 159°37.5’E. (entrance to the southern pass).

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Ontong Java Atoll was last updated 13 years ago.


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