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![Hierarchy of New Guinea (island)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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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![Hierarchy of Asia (continent)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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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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