New Guinea (also, Tok Pisin: Niugini, Dutch: Nieuw-Guinea, and ; historically: Irian/ Irian Jaya) is a large Island in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It is the world’s second-largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2.
New Guinea (also, Tok Pisin: Niugini, Dutch: Nieuw-Guinea, and ; historically: Irian/ Irian Jaya) is a large Island in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It is the world’s second-largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2.