Tabar Group
| Geography | |
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| Location | South Pacific Ocean |
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| Archipelago | Bismarck Archipelago |
| Major islands | 3 |
| Highest elevation | 622 m (2,041 ft) |
| Highest point | Mount Beirari |
| Country | |
| Region | Islands Region |
The Tabar Group is an island group in Papua New Guinea, located 40 km north of New Ireland. It is a part of the Bismarck Archipelago. The Tabar group consists of a short chain of three main islands - Tabar Island (aka Big Tabar) in the south, Tatau Island in the center, and Simberi Island in the north - as well as a number of smaller offshore islets. The highest peak is Mount Beirari with 622 metres.
The population of the island group was 3,920 at the 2000 Census.[1] The Tabar Group is administered by the Sentral Niu Ailan Rural Local Level Government (LLG).
The Tabar Group is the area of origin of Malagan art.[2] The local language is Mandara (also known as Tabar), ISO 639-3 language code "tbf", an Austronesian language. Three dialects have been identified, Simberi, Tatau and Tabar.[3][4]
References
External links
- Tabar Islands auf oceandots.com at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)
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