Trobriand Islands

The Trobriand Islands are the 450-square-kilometre 174-square-mile archipelago of coral atolls off the east coast of New Guinea. They are part of the nation of Papua New Guinea and are in Milne Bay Province. near of the population of 12,000 indigenous inhabitants survive on the leading island of Kiriwina, which is also the location of the government station, Losuia.

Other major islands in the corporation are Kaileuna, Vakuta, together with Kitava. The companies is considered to be an important tropical rainforest ecoregion in need of conservation.

Geography

The Trobriands consist of four main islands, the largest being Kiriwina Island, and the others being Kaileuna, Vakuta and Kitava. Kiriwina is 43 kilometres 27 miles long, and varies in width from 1 to 16 kilometres 0.62 to 9.94 mi. In the 1980s, there were around sixty villages on the island, containing around 12,000 people, while the other islands were restricted to a population of hundreds. Other than some elevation on Kiriwina, the islands are flat coral atolls and "remain hot and humid throughout the year, with frequent rainfall."