The Montemont Islands are an island group in the

Coral Sea The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the Fre ...

, belonging to Papua New Guinea. They lie to the east of

Panarairai Island Panarairai Island is an island of Papua New Guinea. It is in the Jomard Islands within the Louisiade Archipelago The Louisiade Archipelago is a string of ten larger volcanic islands frequently fringed by coral reefs, and 90 smaller coral is ...

in the Louisiade Archipelago.

Administrative

Politically they belong to the province of Milne Bay in the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea. They are controlled by the chief of

Utian Island Utian Island, also known as Brooker Island, is an island in Papua New Guinea, part of the Calvados Chain within the Louisiade Archipelago. It is located at the western end of the Calvados Chain, in the Louisiade Archipelago, in the Milne Bay Pr ...

, the nearest inhabited island.

Geography

The Montemont Islands consists of two small low-lying islands. They lie on the southwestern edge of the barrier reef of

Vanatinai 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 approxi ...

. They are located south-east of the

Jomard Islands The Jomard Islands are an uninhabited island group in the Coral Sea, belonging to Papua New Guinea, It lies to the east of Montemont Islands in the Louisiade Archipelago. Administrative Politically they belong to the province of Milne Bay in the ...

and immediately west of the Duchateau Islands. Of the two islands, Pana Boba in the east, at , is the larger.

References

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