Aua Island
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Aua Island
Location map, Aua at top left
Aua is an island in the Bismarck Archipelago. It is part of the Western Islands, region and Manus Province of northern Papua New Guinea.
History[]
The first sighting by Europeans of Aua island was by the Spanish navigator Iñigo Órtiz de Retes on 27 July 1545 when on board of the carrack San Juan tried to return from Tidore to New Spain. He charted this island together with the nearby islands, Wuvulu and Manu, as La Barbada (the bearded island in Spanish).[1][2]
See also[]
- Bismarck Archipelago topics
- Islands Region (Papua New Guinea)
References[]
Coordinates: 1°27′45″S 143°03′35″E / 1.46250°S 143.05972°E
Categories:
- Bismarck Archipelago
- Manus Province
- Islands of Papua New Guinea
- Islands Region (Papua New Guinea)
- Spanish East Indies
- Papua New Guinea island stubs