| 词条 | Tagula Island |
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| name = Vanatinai Island | native_name = | native_name_link = | native_name_lang = png | sobriquet = Sudest Island / Tagula Island | image_name = Vanatinai, Louisiade Archipelago.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_caption = Tagula Island as seen from space. Yeina Island is also visible to the north (top). | image_alt = | pushpin_map = Papua New Guinea | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|11|30|S|153|26|E|region:PG_type:isle_dim:50000|display=inline,title}}[1] | location = Oceania | archipelago = Louisiade Archipelago | waterbody = Solomon Sea | total_islands = 1 | major_islands = {{hlist |Tagula Island }} | area_km2 = 830 | area_footnotes = | rank = | length_km = 63 | length_footnotes = | width_km = 13 | width_footnotes = | coastline_km = | coastline_footnotes = | elevation_m = 806 | elevation_footnotes = | highest_mount = Mount Riu | country = Papua New Guinea | country_admin_divisions_title = Province | country_admin_divisions = {{flag|Milne Bay}} | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = District | country_admin_divisions_1 = Samarai-Murua District | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = LLG [2] | country_admin_divisions_2 = Yaleyamba Rural Local Level Government Area | country_admin_divisions_title_3 = Island Group | country_admin_divisions_3 = Vanatinai Islands | country_largest_city =Rambuso | country_largest_city_population =~500 | population = 3628 | population_as_of = 2014 | population_footnotes = | population_rank = | population_rank_max = | density_km2 = 4.37 | density_rank = | density_footnotes = | ethnic_groups = Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians. | timezone1 = AEST | utc_offset1 = +10 | website = {{URL|http://www.ncdc.gov.pg/}} | iso_code_type = ISO code | iso_code = PG-MBA }} Vanatinai Island (also called Tagula and Sudest, for the names of the extreme capes of the island) is a volcanic island in the south-east of the Louisiade Archipelago within Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The reef fringed island is approximately {{convert|360|km|mi|0|abbr=off}} south-east of New Guinea and {{convert|30|km|mi|0|abbr=off}} south of Misima. With an area of {{convert|830|km2|mi2|1|abbr=off}}, it is the largest island of the archipelago. Tagula town, the main settlement, is located on the north-west coast. The population was 3628 {{As of|2014|lc=y}}. The principal export is copra. GeographyThe island is {{convert|63|km|mi|0|abbr=off}} long, stretching from Cape Tagula to Cape Sudest, and up to {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=in}} wide. A wooded mountain range runs through the length of the island, with the summit, Mount Riu ({{convert|806|m|ft|abbr=off|disp=or}}) near the center. The most important peaks of the range are, from west to east:
HistoryThe first recorded sighting by Europeans of Vanatinai Island was by the Spanish expedition of Luís Vaez de Torres on 14 July 1606.[3][4][5] The island was the site of a gold rush that peaked in 1889. Gold was found in nearly all of the island's water courses.[6] Rambuso Village is located on the north coast of the eastern part of the island, where Rambuso Creek flows into the Pacific Ocean. Entry through the reef to the harbour is deep and easy to see during daylight. Many visiting yachts and local trading boats use this protected anchorage. In 2010 the villagers and several visiting yachties rebuilt the wharf and causeway. The villagers new slogan is "Rambuso Creek the gateway to Sudest". The new wharf helped Rambuso develop and now the busty town has some 500 citizens. TransportationThe island has an airport, code (IATA-Code „TGL“) for public transport, near Tagula village. BiodiversitySeveral species are endemic to the island, including the aptly named Tagula white-eye, Tagula honeyeater and Tagula butcherbird. Among frogs, Cophixalus tagulensis is only known from Tagula. References1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=TnHGVP_BfgUC&pg=PA168&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute], p. 168 2. ^LLG map {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811055024/http://www.pngimr.org.pg/png_med_journal/Empowerment%20-%20Sep_Dec%202000.pdf |date=2010-08-11 }} 3. ^Hilder, Brett The voyage of Torres, Brisbane, 1980, pp.XXIV,24 4. ^Sharp, Andrew The discovery of the Pacific Islands Oxford, 1960, p.66. 5. ^Brand, Donald D. The Pacific Basin: A History of its Geographical Explorations The American Geographical Society, New York, 1967, p.137. 6. ^Pacific Islands Yearbook, 13th ed., Sydney, New York 1972 }}{{Islands of Papua New Guinea|state=collapsed}}{{PapuaNewGuinea-geo-stub}} 2 : Islands of Milne Bay Province|Louisiade Archipelago |
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