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Tefa Island
Tefa Island is a small island of the Tanga Islands of Papua New Guinea, located to the east of New Ireland. It is located to the south of Malendok Island and south of Lif Island Lif Island is a small island of the Tanga Islands of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Pap .... The main settlement is Tefa. References Islands of Papua New Guinea {{PapuaNewGuinea-geo-stub ...
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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. Boang (ca. 27 km2) consists entirely of a raised, relatively flat-topped plateau of Pleistocene, coralline limestone, which rises up to 170 m above sea level (asl.) and has sheer cliffs around a large part of its perimeter. The islands are the remnants of a stratovolcano which collapsed to form a caldera. Lif (283 m), Tefa (155 m), and Malendok (472 m) islands are on the caldera rim, while Bitlik and Bitbok islands are lava domes constructed near the center of the caldera. They are inhabited by the Tanga people. Former Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Sir Julius Chan and Sumsuma Sumsuma (1903?–1965), the leader of the Rabaul Strike of 1929 was from Sasa village on Boang Island and Tefa Island in the Tang ...
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