Schouten Islands (Papua New Guinea)
- Schouten Islands (Papua New Guinea)
Schouten Islands is a group of six small volcanic islands in the province of East Sepik in Papua New Guinea, north of the island of New Guinea. The group is also called "Eastern Schouten Islands" or "Le Maire Islands" to separate it from unrelated Schouten Islands in Indonesia. The combined land area is approximately 50 km².
The Schouten Islands includes the following islands:
* Bam, active volcano – last eruption 1960.
* Blup Blup, volcano.
* Kadovar, volcano – possible but unconfirmed eruption circa 1700.
* Koil
* Vokeo
* Wei
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