New Guinea
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new-guinea-189-739754
title:
New Guinea
text:
New Guinea is the world's second-largest island, with an area of 785,753 km (303,381 sq mi). Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the 150-kilometre wide Torres Strait, though both landmasses lie on the same continental shelf, and were united during episodes of low sea level in the Pleistocene glaciations as the combined landmass of Sahul. Numerous smaller islands are located to the west and east. The island's name was given by Spanish
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Island in the Pacific Ocean
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea
date created:
2001-10-28T18:51:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T15:43:14Z
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13
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