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Papitalai Destination Guide

Explore Papitalai in Papua New Guinea

Papitalai in the region of Manus is a place in Papua New Guinea - some 511 mi or ( 823 km ) North of Port Moresby , the country's capital city .

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Time in Papitalai is now 08:15 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Pacific/Port Moresby " with a UTC offset of 10 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Wewak, Tingo, Rossun, Ndrilo, and Mount Hagen. Since you are here already, consider visiting Wewak . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Papitalai ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Lonui Cave in Manus.mp4

8:22 min by Jaive smare
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I traveled to Manus Lorengau for a few days. One of the memorable things i did was take a bicycle and ride 45 minutes out of Lorengau to the Loniu village, near the Momote airstrip. At Loniu, i crawle ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Momote Airport

Momote Airport is an airport on Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea. It also serves Manus Island, which is connected to Los Negros by a bridge.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -2.06 147.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II, Airports in Papua New Guinea, Manus Province, USAAF Air Transport Command Airfields - Pacific

Seeadler Harbor

Seeadler Harbor, also known as Port Seeadler, is located on Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea and played an important role in World War II. In German, "Seeadler" means sea eagle, pointing to German colonial activity between 1884 and 1919 in that area.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -2.02 147.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: History of Papua New Guinea, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea in World War II

Los Negros Island

Los Negros Island is the third largest of the Admiralty Islands. It is significant because it contains the main airport of Manus Province on its eastern coastline, at Momote. It is connected to Lorengau, the capital of the province, on Manus Island via a highway and bridge across the Lonui Passage, which separates Los Negros from the larger Manus Island.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -2.00 147.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Admiralty Islands, Manus Province

USS Mount Hood (AE-11)

USS Mount Hood (AE-11) was the lead ship of her class of ammunition ships for the United States Navy in World War II. She was the first ship named after Mount Hood, a volcano in the Cascade Range in Oregon. Soon after 18 men who had left the ship for shore had reached the dock, the USS Mount Hood exploded in Seeadler Harbor at Manus Island on 10 November 1944 killing all men aboard, obliterating the ship itself, and sinking or severely damaging 22 smaller craft nearby.

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Located at -2.03 147.35 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: 1943 ships, 20th-century explosions, Mount Hood-class ammunition ships, Noncombat internal explosions on warships, Ships built in North Carolina, United States Navy Oregon-related ships, World War II auxiliary ships of the United States, World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean

Mokerang Airfield

Mokerang Airfield, was an airfield on the northwest tip of Los Negros Island, 5 miles NNW of Momote Airfield.

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Located at -1.98 147.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Closed facilities of the United States Air Force