The Laseinie Islands are an archipelago in the Solomon Sea. Politically they belong to

Bwanabwana Rural LLG Bwanabwana Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. The Bwanabwana language is spoken in the LLG. Wards *01. Hamama *02. Loani *03. Logea *04. Kwato *05. Tegorauan *06. Gotai *07. Dawson *08. Samarai ...

Samarai-Murua District Samarai-Murua District is a district of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Murua. The population of the district was 58,590 at the 2011 census.Milne Bay Province Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The province covers 14,345 km² of land and 252,990 km² of sea, within the province there are more than 600 islands, about 160 of which are inhabited. The province has a ...

, in the southeastern region 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 Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. They are located southeast of the

D'Entrecasteaux Islands D'Entrecasteaux Islands () are situated near the eastern tip of New Guinea in the Solomon Sea in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The group spans a distance of , has a total land area of approximately and is separated from the Papua New G ...

. They are part of the

Louisiade Archipelago The Louisiade Archipelago is a string of ten larger volcanic islands frequently fringed by coral reefs, and 90 smaller coral islands in Papua New Guinea. It is located 200 km southeast of New Guinea, stretching over more than and spread ...

Background

The Laseinie Islands are located on a flat sandbank, 16 km wide and 7 km long. The northern edge of the bank is marked by a series of reefs, on which several groups of small islands are located. In the West, there are 2 small islands belonging to a sub-group of Hardman Islands. The main islands are on the northern part of the bank, and consist of the Kagawan group (2 small islands), Dawson Island, Keaawan Island, and another tiny island southeast of Dawson. The 245 inhabitants (2014 census) all live on the main island of Dawson. They speak the

Bwanabwana Language Bwanabwana, also known as Tubetube, is an Austronesian language spoken on the small islands just off the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Bwanabwana Rural LLG Bwanabwana Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Milne Bay ...

.Ethnologue, Languages of the World: Bwanabwana, A language of Papua New Guinea
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References

;Notes ;Sources * Archipelagoes of Papua New Guinea Islands of Milne Bay Province Louisiade Archipelago {{MilneBayProvince-geo-stub