There are several islands that surround Papua New Guinea: New Britain, The Solomon Islands, Papua, and The Marshall Islands. Below is a quick explanation of each of these islands.
- Population: 513,926
- Currency: Kina
- William Dampier became the first known European to visit New Britain on 27 February 1700: he dubbed the island with the Latin name Nova Britannia.
- Population in 2009: 523,000
- Currency: Solomon islands dollar (SBD)
- In 1568, the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to visit them, naming them the Islas Salomón.
- Population in 2010: 3,593,803
- Currency: rupiah
- Part of Indonesia and shares an island with Papua New Guinea
- Population in 2009: 68,000
- Currency: USD
- Home to the world’s largest shark sanctuary: over 2,000,000 sq kilometers
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