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Admiralty Islands

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.

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Admiralty Islands

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(Placename) a group of about 40 volcanic and coral islands in the SW Pacific, part of Papua New Guinea, in the Bismarck Archipelago: main island: Manus. Pop.: 35 200 (1995). Area: about 2000 sq. km (800 sq. miles) Also called Admiralties

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Admiralty Islands - a group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago Bismarck Archipelago - a group of islands in the southwestern Pacific to the northeast of New Guinea; part of Papua New Guinea