Nissan Island

Green Islands seen from space. Oval-shaped Nissan Island is clearly visible in the center.
Nissan Island

Nissan Island (also Green Island[1] or Sir Charles Hardy Island[2]) is the largest of the Green Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is located at 4°30′S 154°13′E / 4.500°S 154.217°E / -4.500; 154.217, about 200 km east of Rabaul on New Britain and about 200 km north-west of Bougainville.[3] The island is administered under Nissan Rural LLG in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.[4] Nissan island, along with other nearby islands, has been described as a "stepping stone island" and it is believed that this island plays an important role in helping various plant and animal species spread throughout the region.[3]

  1. ^ Rottman, Gordon L. (2001). World War II Pacific Island Guide: A Geo-military Study. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 175. ISBN 9780313313950. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ Woodman, Joseph Edmund; Peary, Robert Edwin, eds. (1919). The World Flat-globe and International Geographical History of the World. New York: World Flat-Globe Corporation. p. 153.
  3. ^ a b Kaplan, Susan. (1976). Ethnological and biogeographical significance of pottery sherds from Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea. [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History.
  4. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.