Bismarck Archipelago

American  

noun

1. a group of islands in Papua New Guinea, in the W central Pacific Ocean, including the Admiralty Islands, New Britain, New Ireland, and adjacent islands. About 23,000 sq. mi. (59,570 sq. km).

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Bismarck Archipelago British  

noun

1. a group of over 200 islands in the SW Pacific, northeast of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. Main islands: New Britain, New Ireland, Lavongai, and the Admiralty Islands. Chief town: Rabaul, on New Britain. Pop: 566 610 (2000). Area: 49 658 sq km (19 173 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Alternatively, it could be explained by more recent seafaring expansions by people from the Bismarck Archipelago.

From BBC

Collectively known as the Lapita culture, this set of artifacts first appeared more than 3000 years ago in the Bismarck Archipelago in New Oceania.

From Science Magazine

The next attack was on Neu-Pommern, the chief island of the Bismarck Archipelago, where, you will remember, there was an important wireless station.

From Project Gutenberg

Our vessel, the Metaris, had been for two months cruising among the islands of what is now known as the Bismarck Archipelago, in the Northwestern Pacific.

From Project Gutenberg

Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon, Marshall, and Caroline groups have also been acquired by Germany.

From Project Gutenberg