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Kitava

Geography
Location	Solomon Sea
Coordinates	8°37′20″S 151°20′04″E / 8.62222°S 151.33444°E / -8.62222; 151.33444
Archipelago	Trobriand Islands
Adjacent to	Pacific Ocean
Major islands	Kitava, Kiriwina, Kaileuna, Vakuta
Administration
Papua New Guinea
Province	Milne Bay Province
Additional information
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)

Kitava is one of the four major islands in the Trobriand Islands archipelago group of the Solomon Sea, located in Milne Bay Province of southeastern Papua New Guinea.

Ethnography

The inhabitants of this island and their lifestyle and diet have been the subject of study by researcher Staffan Lindeberg and his colleagues, due to their reported excellent health and traditional diet. Lindeberg et al. have published several works in peer-reviewed journals outlining their discoveries.

See also

• Trobriand Islands topics

Notes

1. "TheKitavaStudy". Staffanlindeberg.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2013-12-07.

References

• Kitava at WikiMapia
• Health of the Uratu Island Reef, Kitava, Papua New Guinea

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