Kwato
in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
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Gurney Airport (29 mi) - Losuia Airport (149 mi)
- Misima Island Airport (150 mi)
- Girua Airport (202 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -10.617 and 150.633 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -10° 37' 0" and E 150° 37' 59"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Kina - PGK
- Spoken languages:
- English, Hiri Motu
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 10:42 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Pacific/Port_Moresby
- UTC/GMT offset: 10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:24 am and 6:02 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 14.867 and -24.750 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Faja - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Papua New Guinea.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Papua New Guinea. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover Kwato
Kwato in Milne Bay Province is a town in Papua New Guinea about 249 mi (or 400 km) east of Port Moresby, the country's capital city.
Current time in Kwato is now 10:42 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Pacific / Port Moresby with an UTC offset of 10 hours. We know of 4 airports near Kwato. The closest airport in Papua New Guinea is Gurney Airport in a distance of 29 mi (or 47 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Alotau, Popondetta, Kwikila, Kokoda and Port Moresby. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Videos from this area
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Chaetodontoplus vanderloosi
Papua New Guinea, under the Samarai Wharf, GPS: S10 36.55, E150 39.72, depth 11.9m, temp. 24.4C, November 6, 2008. Sorry, the date stamp cannot be erased; it's burned in.
Samaria Island Resort, Papua New Guinea
sunset at Island Resort, Papua New Guinea
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Samarai
Samarai is an island and former administrative capital in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Located off the south-eastern tip of New Guinea in the China Strait Samarai has an area of just 240,000 square metres . The island is historically significant as the site of a trading port and stop-over between Australia and East Asia. Samarai town was established on the island and at its height was the second largest after Port Moresby in the Territory of Papua.
Samarai-Murua District
Samarai-Murua District is a district of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Murua. The population of the district was 42,855 at the 2000 census.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Kwato.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Kwato Mission, Kwato
