Bismarck Archipelago

Bismarck Archipelago

A group of volcanic islands and islets of Papua New Guinea in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The islands were discovered by Dutch explorers in the early 1700s.

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Bismarck Archipelago - a group of islands in the southwestern Pacific to the northeast of New Guinea; part of Papua New Guinea Melanesia - the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania Admiralty Islands - a group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago New Britain - the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago; part of Papua New Guinea Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea - a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations New Ireland - an island in the Bismarck Archipelago; part of Papua New Guinea