Wuvulu Island
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Wuvulu Island is part of the Western Islands of the Bismarck Archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, part of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. It is the westernmost island of the thirteen island groups that make up island chain in the archipelago.[1] It is an island of volcanic origin encircled by a coral reef with a maximum height of three meters (10 feet) above sea level.[2]
The people living on the island speak the Wuvulu-Aua language, a Western Admiralty Islands language, which is of Austronesian stock.
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- ^ "The Wuvulu Web Site". http://www.wuvulu.com/. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ^ "Geography". http://www.wuvulu.com/wuvulu.shtml. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
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Coordinates: 01°43′00″S 142°50′00″E / 1.7166667°S 142.8333333°E
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