New Guinea

Summary

New Guinea is an island^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,229 views/month, #57 of 7,296).^[2]

Key Facts

• New Guinea is located in Papua^[3].
• New Guinea is located in West Papua^[4].
• New Guinea is located in Indonesia^[5].
• New Guinea is in the country of Indonesia^[6].
• New Guinea is in the country of Papua New Guinea^[7].
• New Guinea is on the body of water Bismarck Sea^[8].
• New Guinea is on the body of water Solomon Sea^[9].
• New Guinea is on the body of water Coral Sea^[10].
• New Guinea is on the body of water Seram Sea^[11].
• New Guinea is on the body of water Halmahera Sea^[12].
• New Guinea is on the body of water Cenderawasih Bay^[13].
• New Guinea's image is recorded as PapuaNG.png^[14].
• New Guinea's continent is recorded as Insular Oceania^[15].
• New Guinea's instance of is recorded as island^[16].
• Guinea is named after New Guinea^[17].
• New Guinea's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 238365035^[18].
• New Guinea's GND ID is recorded as 4075319-0^[19].
• New Guinea's locator map image is recorded as LocationNewGuinea (+Yos-Sudarso).svg^[20].
• New Guinea's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85091290^[21].
• New Guinea's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00628885^[22].
• New Guinea's part of is recorded as Australian continent^[23].
• New Guinea's Commons category is recorded as New Guinea^[24].
• New Guinea's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3986076^[25].
• New Guinea's located in time zone is recorded as Pacific/Port_Moresby^[26].
• New Guinea's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D009512^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for New Guinea include Papurana novaeguineae^[28], a taxon^[29].

Why It Matters

New Guinea ranks in the top 0.78% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,229 views/month, #57 of 7,296).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Papurana novaeguineae^[28], a taxon^[29].