2-823: The Ninigo Islands are a group of 31 islands within the Western Islands of the Bismarck Archipelago , Papua New Guinea . Their coordinates are 1°16′S 144°15′E / 1.267°S 144.250°E / -1.267; 144.250 . The first settlers on the Ninigo Islands were the Melanesians . Other groups later settled in the island group, including the Polynesians and Germans . These islands belong to Micronesian outliers . The first sighting by Europeans of Ninigo islands
4-522: Was by the Spanish navigator Iñigo Órtiz de Retes on 27 July 1545 when on board of the carrack San Juan tried to return from Tidore to New Spain . He charted them as La Barbada (the bearded island in Spanish). This Manus Province geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Western Islands, Papua New Guinea The Western Islands are a group of islands in
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