New Guinea
island in the Pacific Ocean
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Summary
New Guinea is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,356 views/month, #57 of 7,296).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Papua[3], West Papua[4], Indonesia[5]
- Country: Indonesia[6], Papua New Guinea[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Arafura Sea[8], Bismarck Sea[9], Solomon Sea[10], Coral Sea[11], Seram Sea[12], Halmahera Sea[13], Cenderawasih Bay[14]
- Continent: Insular Oceania[15]
- Named after: Guinea[16]
- Part of: Australian continent[17]
- Commons category: New Guinea[18]
- Highest point: Puncak Jaya[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:New Guinea[20]
- Population: 11,300,000[21]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:New Guinea[22]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[23], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[28], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[29], The New Student's Reference Work[30], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[31]
- Demonym: পাপুয়ান[32], Nov-Gvineano[33], New Guinean[34]
- Native label: Niugini[35], Niu Gini[36], Papua[37]
- Length: 2398 km[38]
- Elevation above sea level: 164 m[39]
- Area: 785,753 km²[40]
- Width: 400 km[41]
- Name: Irian[42], Neuguinea[43], New Guinea[44], Nieuw-Guinea[45], Niugini[46], Niu Gini[47], Nova Gvineja[48], Nov-Gvineo[49], Nueva Guinea[50], Papua[51]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for New Guinea include Papurana novaeguineae[52], a taxon[53].
Why It Matters
New Guinea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for it include Papurana novaeguineae[52], a taxon[53].