Los Negros Island

This article is about the island in Papua New Guinea. For the Philippine island, see Negros Island. For other uses, see Negros (disambiguation).

2°2′55″S 147°25′7″E / 2.04861°S 147.41861°E / -2.04861; 147.41861

Map of the island
Los Negros Island

Los Negros Island is the third largest of the Admiralty Islands. It is significant because it contains the main airport of Manus Province on its eastern coastline, at Momote. It is connected to Lorengau, the capital of the province, on Manus Island via a highway and bridge across the Lonui Passage, which separates Los Negros from the larger Manus Island.

One of Australia's regional centres for asylum seekers caught in Australian waters, the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre, was situated on the island until it closed in November 2017. Remaining asylum seekers were as of February 2019 housed in accommodation in Lorengau.[1]

  1. ^ Grigg, Angus; Shapiro, Jonathon; Murray, Lisa (10 February 2019). "Cashing in on refugees, duo make $20 million a month at Manus Island". Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.