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New Guinea (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 05 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -5.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 140 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 140.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Settled when part of 'Greater Australian Continent' 70,000 BCE; 2nd largest island in the world; located in E Malay Archipelago, in W Pacific Ocean N of Australia; divided administratively into Irian Barat (of Indonesia) and nation of Papua New Guinea. |
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| New Guinea (preferred,C,O)
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| Papua (C,V)
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| Irian (C,V)
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| Nieuw Guinee (C,V)
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| Neuguinea (C,O)
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| Nueva Guinea, Isla (C,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| island (preferred, C) |
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| inhabited region (C) |
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70,000-50,000 years ago |
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