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Admiralty Islands [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
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DEF

A group of 40 volcanic and coral islands in Bismarck Archipelago, north of New Guinea, administered by Australia as part of the trust territory of New Guinea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

îles de l'Amirauté, en anglais «Admiralty Islands», archipel de la Mélanésie, au nord de la Nouvelle-Guinée. Découvert en 1616 par le Maire et Schouten [...]. L'île principale est Manus. [...] Intégrées en 1945 dans la Confédération australienne, les îles font partie aujourd'hui de l'État de Papouasie--Nouvelle-Guinée.

OBS

Le générique du nom d'îles prend la minuscule dans un texte suivi, et la majuscule dans une liste, sur une carte géographique ou un panneau de signalisation.

Spanish

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