Admiralty Islands

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the SW Pacific, N of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. About 800 sq. mi. (2,070 sq. km).

Admiralty Islands

plural noun

1. 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 (whole province): 43 589 (2000). Area: about 2000 sq km (800 sq miles) Also calledAdmiralties

Example Sentences

He named them Admiralty Islands, and after two attacks, found himself forced to employ fire-arms to repulse the natives.

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Mr. Mosely describes the same method of ornamenting the body as he observed it amongst the men of the Admiralty Islands.

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Only one other subspecies, from the Admiralty Islands, is known.

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