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Bismarck Archipelago
noun
- a group of islands in Papua New Guinea, in the W central Pacific Ocean, including the Admiralty Islands, New Britain, New Ireland, and adjacent islands. About 23,000 sq. mi. (59,570 sq. km).
Bismarck Archipelago
noun
- a group of over 200 islands in the SW Pacific, northeast of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. Main islands: New Britain, New Ireland, Lavongai, and the Admiralty Islands. Chief town: Rabaul, on New Britain. Pop: 566 610 (2000). Area: 49 658 sq km (19 173 sq miles)
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(p. 243) The next German possession to be taken was that in the Bismarck Archipelago.
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Natives of the Bismarck Archipelago are cannibals and greatly fear the ghosts of those they devour.
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He told me he was in the habit of steaming past the spot on his way from Finsch-hafen to the Bismarck Archipelago.
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