Buiari Island

Buiari Island is an island in the Louisiade Archipelago in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

Buiari Island

Native name: Weitoa Island Nickname: O'Neil Island
Buiari Island Location within Papua New Guinea
Geography
Location	Oceania
Coordinates	10°40′19″S 150°55′55″E[1]
Archipelago	Louisiade Archipelago
Adjacent bodies of water	Solomon Sea
Total islands	1
Major islands	Buiari
Area	3.13 km^2 (1.21 sq mi)
Length	2.4 km (1.49 mi)
Width	1.7 km (1.06 mi)
Coastline	8.6 km (5.34 mi)
Highest elevation	580 ft (177 m)
Highest point	Mount Buiari
Administration
Papua New Guinea
Province	Milne Bay
Island Group	Samarai Islands
Island Group	Sideia Islands
Ward	Buiari Ward
Largest settlement	Buiari (pop. 400)
Demographics
Population	500 (2014)
Pop. density	156/km^2 (404/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians.
Additional information
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
ISO code	PG-MBA
Official website	www.ncdc.gov.pg

Administration

The island is part of Buiari Ward (which also includes some tiny villages on near Basilaki island. The ward belong to Bwanabwana Rural Local Level Government Area LLG, Samarai-Murua District, which are in Milne Bay Province.[2]

Geography

Buiari is located Southwest of Basilaki, and is part of the Basilaki group, itself a part of Samarai Islands of the Louisiade Archipelago.

Demographics

The population of 500 is living in 2 villages across the island.[3] The most important one, and where the dock is located, is Buiari, and is on the north coast facing Basilaki. The smaller one, Numodubo, is in the central plateau

Economy

The islanders, are farmers as opposed to eastern Louisiade Archipelago islanders. they grow Sago, Taro, and Yams for crops.

Transportation

There is a dock at Buiari.

References

1. Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute, p. 168
2. "LLG map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
3. "map". Archived from the original on 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-03-16.