admiralty islands

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Definition von admiralty islands im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

a group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago

A group of volcanic islands of the southwest Pacific Ocean in the Bismarck Archipelago. Discovered by the Dutch in 1616, the islands are now part of Papua New Guinea. Island group (pop., 2000 est.: 41,748), Papua New Guinea. An extension of the Bismarck Archipelago comprising about 40 islands, the Admiralty Islands lie about 190 mi (300 km) north of the mainland of Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean. Most of the land area of the islands is contained in Manus Island, which is the site of Lorengau, the islands' principal settlement. First sighted by the Dutch explorer Willem Schouten in 1616, it was named by the British captain Philip Carteret in 1767. Subsequently ruled by the Germans, Australians, and Japanese, the islands were made part of the UN Trust Territory of New Guinea in 1946. When Papua New Guinea attained independence in 1975, the islands became part of that country

Relevante Übersetzungen

admiralty island

an Alaskan island in the Alexander Archipelago near Juneau

Silbentrennung

ad·mi·ral·ty islands

Türkische aussprache

ädmırılti aylındz

Aussprache

/ˈadmərəltē ˈīləndz/ /ˈædmɜrəltiː ˈaɪləndz/