Duperre Islands
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  Bramble Haven | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Oceania |
| Coordinates | 11°14′00″S 152°00′00″E / 11.23333°S 152.00000°E[1] |
| Archipelago | Louisiade Archipelago |
| Adjacent to | Solomon Sea |
| Total islands | 5, with 1 inhabited |
| Major islands | |
| Area | 0.82 km2 (0.32 sq mi) |
| Length | 19.5 km (12.12 mi) |
| Width | 11 km (6.8 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Province |  Milne Bay |
| District | Samarai-Murua District |
| LLG[2] | Louisiade Rural Local Level Government Area |
| Island Group | Duperre Islands |
| Largest settlement | Punawan (pop. 10) |
lagoon area | |
| Area covered | 110 km2 (42 sq mi; 13414.6%) |
total area | |
| Area covered | 175 km2 (68 sq mi; 21341.5%) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 10 (2014) |
| Ethnic groups | Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians. |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| ISO code | PG-MBA |
| Official website | www |
Bramble Haven is an atoll in the Louisiade Archipelago. Its islands on the northern section are grouped as the Duperre Islands.
it belongs to Milne Bay Province in the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea .
Geography
Bramble Haven is the eastern part of a large chain of atolls, reefs and islands that extends from the western side of the barrier reef of Vanatinai for a length of 400 km to the west, extending to the south coast of Papua peninsula.
Bramble Haven is located 5 km east of Long Reef and 9 km west of the Jomard Channel. Between Bramble Haven and Vanatinai are the small archipelago of Jomard Islands. Bramble Haven is a small, 17 km wide and 11 km long, atoll-like formation. The five most important reefs are concentrated around a rectangular lagoon. The reefs are wide and submerged. The reefs in the northern part of Bramble Haven have five small islands, which are also called Duperré Islands: Punawan (51 ha ), the small Duperre Island, Siva, and Panapwa Awanagamwana.
Bramble Haven stands since 2006 in the category "Mixed objects" that combines both criteria of the cultural and natural heritage, together with the Conflict Group, the Jomard Islands and Samarai and Lunn Island under the name: Milne Bay Seascape (Pacific Jewels of Marine Biodiversity) on the Tentative list of Papua New Guinea for the list in the world heritage of UNESCO . [3]
