Papua New Guinea EDITED BY: Baraka walter gershon LAST UPDATED: june 12, 2019 I ndependent State of Papua New Guinea, P.N.G. Papua New Guinea , island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean . It encompasses the eastern half of New Guinea , the world’s second largest island (the western half is made up of the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua); the Bismarck Archipelago ( New Britain , New Ireland , the Admiralty Islands , and several others); Bougainville and Buka (part of the Solomon Islands chain); and small offshore islands and atolls . The national capital, Port Moresby , is located in southeastern New Guinea on the Coral Sea . Papua New Guinea. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Manam Island The volcanic island of Manam, off the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea in the Bismarck Sea. © Br...
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