Dumoulin Islands (Louisiade)

Dumoulin Islands

Dumoulin Islands
Geography
Location	Oceania
Coordinates	10°55′48″S 150°46′32″E / 10.93000°S 150.77556°E / -10.93000; 150.77556[1]
Archipelago	Louisiade Archipelago
Adjacent to	Solomon Sea
Total islands	6
Major islands	Ana Karu Karua Island Baiiri Island
Area	0.66 km2 (0.25 sq mi)
Highest elevation	110 m (360 ft)
Highest point	Mount Baiiri
Administration
Papua New Guinea
Province	Milne Bay
District	Samarai-Murua District
LLG	Bwanabwana Rural Local Level Government Area
Island Group	Dumoulin Islands
Largest island	Baiiri Island (uninhabited)
Demographics
Population	0 (2014)
Ethnic groups	Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians.
Additional information
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
ISO code	PG-MBA
Official website	www.ncdc.gov.pg

The Dumoulin Islands are an uninhabited group of islands in Louisiade Archipelago.

The Dumoulin Islands belong to the western foothills of Louisiade archipelago. They lie 25 km (16 mi) south of Sideia Island and 40 km (25 mi) east of Brumer Islands. The archipelago consists of four big islands and two small islands.

The four islands rise from an undersea shelf of about 6 km (3.7 mi) in length up to 110 m (360 ft) above sea level. The islands measuring just a few hundred meters in diameter. They are hilly, wooded with steep slopes and cliffs and dense. Baiiri, the largest island, is located at the western end of the group, the second largest island Ana Karu Karua at the eastern end.

In the north of the Dumoulin Islands is a large area of shoals and reefs (Siriki Shoals), the south is a long undersea barrier reef. The people of Wari have copra plantations on Baiiri.

The first recorded sighting by Europeans of Dumoulin Islands was by the Spanish expedition of Luís Vaez de Torres on 20 July 1606.^[2]