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Baluan Island

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Baluan Island
Baluan Island. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Baluan Island (formerly known as Saint Patrick Island) is the southernmost island of the Admiralty Islands group which makes up the majority of Manus Province in Papua New Guinea. It belongs to the Pam Islands, an island subgroup to the south of Lou Island. It is formed from an extinct volcano, also named Baluan.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.