Admiralty Islands
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Etymology edit
Named by Philip Carteret in 1767, presumably honoring the Admiralty, which commanded the British Royal Navy (and therefore him) at the time.
Proper noun edit
- A group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the south Pacific Ocean, belonging to Papua New Guinea.
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Translations edit
group of islands
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