Nuguria

Nuguria
Location of Nuguria in the Pacific Ocean
NASA picture of Malum Atoll, the northern and smaller atoll of the group

Nuguria or the Nuguria Islands, also known as the Abgarris or Fead Islands,[1] are a Polynesian outlier and islands of Papua New Guinea. They are located nearly 150 km from the northern end of Buka island, in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and consist of two closely spaced atoll formations.

References

  1. Richard Parkinson et al. Thirty years in the South Seas, 1999
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Historical commentary from a frequent visitor to Nuguria: Momentum

Coordinates: 3°20′00″S 154°45′00″E / 3.33333°S 154.75°E / -3.33333; 154.75

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