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Geographic Locations > Historical Geographic Locations > New Guinea

Preferred term

New Guinea  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • East New Guinea is a part of Papua New Guinea & West New Guinea is part of Indonesia

Scope note

  • Originally an island of the Malay Archipelago, the second largest island in the world. It divided, West New Guinea becoming part of Indonesia and East New Guinea becoming Papua New Guinea.

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009512

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