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Fergusson Island is the largest 
Papua New Guinea: Orchid News
* {{Islands of Papua New Guinea, state=collapsed D'Entrecasteaux Islands Islands of Milne Bay Province Volcanoes of Papua New Guinea
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An isla ...
of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, in 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 ...
. It has an area of , and mostly consists of mountainous regions, covered by rain forests. There are three large volcanoes on the island.
Fergusson Island is situated 3 km across the Dawson Strait from Normanby Island and 4 km from Goodenough Island across Moresby Strait Moresby can refer to: Places
* Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea
* Moresby, Cumbria, England
** Low Moresby, a village in the parish of Moresby, Cumbria
** Moresby Parks, a larger village in the parish of Moresby, Cumbria
* Moresby, Que ...
.
The highest peak at 6,801 feet (2,073 metres) near Wadalei in the north-east of Fergusson Island is an extinct volcano. Seymour Bay is located on the west coast, Sebutuia Bay on the east, and Hughes Bay on the north. The principal settlements, Salamo and Mapamoiwa, are on the southern coast. Gold deposits at Wapolu on the north coast were worked briefly in the mid-1990s.
The island was named by Captain John Moresby after Sir James Fergusson, who was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1873 to 1874.
On June 30, 1942, during World War II
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, a United States Navy
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PT-Boat base was established on the island. An Alamo Scouts Training Center was established at Kalo Kalo on November 28, 1943.
See also
* Panniet naked-backed fruit bat *Black-naped pheasant-pigeon
The pheasant pigeon (''Otidiphaps nobilis'') is a species of large terrestrial pigeon. It is the only species of the monotypic genus ''Otidiphaps''. The pheasant pigeon is found in the primary rainforests of New Guinea and nearby islands. It r ...
References
External links
Papua New Guinea: Orchid News
* {{Islands of Papua New Guinea, state=collapsed D'Entrecasteaux Islands Islands of Milne Bay Province Volcanoes of Papua New Guinea