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Hemenahei Island

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Hemenahei Island
Geography
Location	Oceania
Coordinates	11°10′S 153°05′E / 11.167°S 153.083°E / -11.167; 153.083
Archipelago	Louisiade Archipelago
Adjacent to	Solomon Sea
Total islands	1
Major islands	Hemenahei
Area	10.24 km (3.95 sq mi)
Highest elevation	74 m (243 ft)
Highest point	Mount Hemenahei
Administration
Papua New Guinea
Province	Milne Bay
District	Samarai-Murua District
LLG	Yeleamba Rural LLG
Island Group	Calvados Chain
Largest settlement	Niyalehoi
Demographics
Population	0 (2014)
Pop. density	0/km (0/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians.
Additional information
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
ISO code	PG-MBA
Official website	www.ncdc.gov.pg

Hemenahei Island is an island in Papua New Guinea, part of the Calvados Chain within the Louisiade Archipelago. It is located to toward the eastern end of the Calvados Chain, in the Louisiade Archipelago, in the Milne Bay Province, between Pana Tinani (off Vanatinai) in the East and Pana Wina in the West.

The area of the island is 10.24 square kilometres (3.95 square miles). It was previously inhabited (Niyalehoi village on the northern coast) but now only occasionally being used as a camp for fishermen who come from Pana Tinani. Niyalehoi had some gardens for yams and sago, that Sabari Islanders used to crop.

References

1. Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute, p. 168
2. LLG map
3. "Hemenahei Island". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-31.

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