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Place nameNew Guinea
Other namesPapua, Irian, Nieuw Guinee, Neuguinea, Nueva Guinea, Isla
Latitude-5
Longitude140
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
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Settled when part of 'Greater Australian Continent' 70,000 BCE; 2nd largest island in the world; located in E Malay Archipelago, in W Pacific Ocean N of Autstralia; divided administratively into Irian Barat (of Indonesia) & nation of Papua New Guinea.
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