Dagadaga Bonarua Island | |
Native Name Lang: | png |
Map: | Papua New Guinea |
Coordinates: | -10.5956°N 150.6833°W[1] |
Location: | Oceania |
Archipelago: | Louisiade Archipelago |
Waterbody: | Solomon Sea |
Total Islands: | 1 |
Area Km2: | 0.07 |
Length Km: | 0.65 |
Width Km: | 0.15 |
Coastline Km: | 1.5 |
Elevation M: | 24 |
Country: | Papua New Guinea |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Province |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | Island Group |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Samarai Islands |
Country Admin Divisions Title 2: | Island Group |
Country Admin Divisions 2: | Sariba Islands |
Country Admin Divisions Title 3: | Ward |
Country Admin Divisions 3: | Sidudu |
Country Largest City: | Dagadaga Bonarua Pearl Farm (abandoned) |
Population: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Density Km2: | 0 |
Ethnic Groups: | Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians. |
Timezone1: | AEST |
Utc Offset1: | +10 |
Iso Code Type: | ISO code |
Iso Code: | PG-MBA |
Dagadaga Bonarua Island is an island separating East Channel and China Strait, just south of Milne Bay, in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
The island belongs to Sidudu Ward on Sariba Island. which belong to Bwanabwana Rural Local Level Government Area LLG, Samarai-Murua District, which are in Milne Bay Province.[2]
In 1966, a South sea pearl farm established on the island. however, due to financial difficulties, it was closed in 1999.[3]
The island is part of the Sariba group, itself a part of Samarai Islands of the Louisiade Archipelago.
After the pearl farm was closed, a caretaker lived on the island until he died in 2002. Since, the island is abandoned.