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D'Entrecasteaux Islands

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The rock at the centre of the tall domes in these islands was thus recently very deep in the Earth. Over a very short time, geologically speaking, these packets of rocks have ascended through the Earth's shallow mantle and pushed through the crust to form the gneiss domes we find today – the vestiges
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These islands are thought to be geophysically significant because they lie immediately ahead of the westernmost rift tip of the Woodlark spreading centre, which has been propagating westwards into the continent. The D'Entrecasteaux thus represent a stage of continental breakup just preceding
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fields. Fergusson Island has three volcanic masses over 1,828 m (5,997 ft) high. There are geothermal areas in the south east area of Goodenough Island and the Bwabwadana and Iamalele on Fergusson Island. A particularly active hot springs is located at Deidei on Fergusson.
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It was used by allied forces from June 1943 to August 1944 as a staging point for operations in New Guinea and nearby occupied islands. Vivigani airstrip has been open to commercial service since 1963. A US Navy PT-Boat base was established on Fergusson Island in June 1942.
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Gordon, S. M.; Little, T. A.; Hacker, B. R.; Bowring, S. A.; Korchinski, M.; Baldwin, S. L.; Kylander-Clark, A. R. C. (2012). "Multi-stage exhumation of young UHP–HP rocks: Timescales of melt crystallization in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, southeastern Papua New Guinea".
243:. The group spans a distance of 160 km (99 mi), has a total land area of approximately 3,100 km (1,197 sq mi) and is separated from the Papua New Guinea mainland by the 30 km (19 mi) wide 337:; one of the cones on southwestern Fergusson Island may have erupted in 1350. Geologically the islands are largely made up of rock that probably once belonged to the northern edge of the Australian 404:. There, natives were recruited to work in gold mines and on copra plantations. Another mission was established in 1898 at Bwaidoga, Mud Bay, on the south coast of Goodenough Island. 821: 379: 53: 352:
dating of zircons within this sample dates its formation to ~5Ma, meaning it has been exhumed from a depth of ~100 km at the remarkable rate of ~20mm/yr.
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exchange of shell valuables, travelling widely to other islands on sea-going sailing canoes. During the more recent past, people harvested
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The burial of these rocks to great depths (where they also encountered correspondingly high temperatures) metamorphosed the rocks to
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Between Fergusson and Normanby Islands the Dawson Straits Group has several volcanic centres that may define a partly submerged
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living in small, traditional settlements. People of this area produced and traded clay pots as well as participated in the
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The D'Entrecasteaux Islands are volcanically active, with a number of areas of historic/geologic volcanism and active
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mobile works squadrons constructed an airfield with a 6,000 ft (1,829 m) airstrip and other facilities at
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of the crust these massifs have thrust through are still draped as carapaces over the edges of the domes.
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troops were marooned on Goodenough Island briefly in 1942, before being attacked by the
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Topographic map of D'Entrecasteaux Islands. Large islands from Northwest to Southeast:
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of the west coast of the islands and became the first European to make landfall.
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are the most significant of the smaller islands, while Sori or Wild is named for
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gold mining was once important and in recent years the area has been subject to
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Baldwin, Suzanne L.; Webb, Laura E.; Monteleone, Brian D. (1 September 2008).
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In 1891, the Methodist Church of Australia established a mission station on
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on the site of a smaller, pre-war airstrip that existed at that location.
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that was thrust deep into the Earth's crust by plate collision.
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The three principal islands, from northwest to southeast, are
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The inhabitants of D'Entrecasteaux Islands are indigenous
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In addition there are numerous small islands and reefs.
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in the south. D'Entrecasteaux Islands show signs of
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D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago

D'Entrecasteaux Islands is located in Papua New Guinea
Oceania
9°39′S 150°42′E / 9.650°S 150.700°E / -9.650; 150.700
Papua New Guinea
Milne Bay Province
/ˌdɒntrəˈkæst/
[dɑ̃tʁəkasto]
New Guinea
Solomon Sea
Milne Bay Province
Papua New Guinea
Ward Hunt Strait
Goschen Strait
volcanism

Goodenough
Fergusson
Normanby
Goodenough
Fergusson
Normanby Island
Sanaroa
Dobu
HMS Challenger's
John James Wild
Mount Vineuo
geothermal
caldera

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