Pana Wina Island

Panawina Island

Nickname: Kaluma Island
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Panawina Island
Geography
Location	Oceania
Coordinates	11°10′S 153°00′E / 11.167°S 153.000°E / -11.167; 153.000Coordinates: 11°10′S 153°00′E / 11.167°S 153.000°E / -11.167; 153.000[1]
Archipelago	Louisiade Archipelago
Adjacent bodies of water	Solomon Sea
Total islands	1
Major islands	Panawina
Area	30.55 km2 (11.80 sq mi)
Highest elevation	288 m (945 ft)
Highest point	Mount Kaluma
Administration
Papua New Guinea
Province	Milne Bay
District	Samarai-Murua District
LLG [2]	Louisiade Rural LLG
Island Group	Calvados Chain
Largest settlement	Bomalou (population 300)
Demographics
Demonym	Papuan people
Population	456 (2014)
Pop. density	15 /km2 (39 /sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Papauans, Austronesians, Melanesians.
Additional information
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
Official website	www.ncdc.gov.pg
ISO Code = PG-MBA

Pana Wina Island is an island of Papua New Guinea. It is part of the Calvados Chain, a grouping of islands within the Louisiade Archipelago. Pana Wina is the largest island in the Calvados Chain, and lies near the eastern end of the chain, just west of Hemenahei Island.^[3] The very small Yakimoan Island lies just west of Pana Wina. The capital village of the Calvados Chain, where the ward's school is located, Bomalou, with a population of just over 300, lies on the western shore of the island.

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