List of lakes of Papua New Guinea

This is a list of lakes in Papua New Guinea. There are about 5383 freshwater lakes in the country. The majority of lakes measure less than 0.1 km² (0.039 sq mi) but the biggest one is 647 km² (250 sq mi) in size.^[1]

Lake Kutubu, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea

Lakes

Lake	Location	Area	Notes	Coordinates
Blackwater Lakes	East Sepik Province	10.1 km2 (3.9 sq mi)		4°35′17.59″S 143°15′27.61″E
Lake Bune	Southern Highlands Province	0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi)	The first Europeans to explore the Southern Highlands, Leahy brothers, called it lake Unimi.[2] Nearby village named after lake Lake Bune.	6.1720043°S 144.0172286°E / -6.1720043; 144.0172286
Chambri Lakes	East Sepik Province	216 km2 (83 sq mi)		4°16′32.31″S 143°6′5.27″E
Lake Iviva	Enga Province	0.72 km2 (0.28 sq mi)		4°35′17.59″S 143°15′27.61″E
Lahala Lake	Autonomous Region of Bougainville	5.66 km2 (2.19 sq mi)		6°40′53.23″S 155°56′2.38″E
Lake Egari	Southern Highlands Province	0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi)		6°1′8.5″S 143°41′48.4″E
Lake Kopiago	Hela Province	0.88 km2 (0.34 sq mi)	Notable for it floating islands.[3]	5°24′19.15″S 142°29′16.33″E
Lake Kutubu	Southern Highlands Province	49.24 km2 (19.01 sq mi)	Ramsar site[4]	6°24′S 143°20′E
Lake Guri	Madang Province	0.46 km2 (0.18 sq mi)	Near Tsumba Mission on Ramu river.	4°37′43″S 144°35′49″E
Lake Gwam	Morobe Province	0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi)		6°19′18.3″S 147°06′54.3″E
Lake Hargy	East New Britain Province	9.3 km2 (3.6 sq mi)		5°22′S 151°08′E
Murik Lakes	East Sepik Province		A cluster of saltwater and freshwater lakes in Sepik River estuaries at Bismarck Sea.	3°49′S 144°15′E
Lake Murray	Middle Fly District, Western Province	647 km2 (250 sq mi)		7°S 141.5°E / -7; 141.5
Lake Onim	Southern Highlands Province	0.36 km2 (0.14 sq mi)	The first Europeans to explore the Southern Highlands, Leahy brothers, called it lake Tangigi.[2]	6°09′57.4″S 143°59′05″E
Lake Tareko	National Capital District	1.27 km2 (0.49 sq mi)		9°22′28.5″S 147°11′11.1″E
Lake Warangai	East Sepik Province	7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi)		4°22′33.62″S 141°56′33.98″E

Volcanic crater lakes

See also: Volcanic crater lake

Volcanic crater lake	Location	Area	Notes	Coordinates
Balbi	Autonomous Region of Bougainville	0.07 km2 (0.027 sq mi)	One of six volcano craters has a lake in it.[5]	5°54′41.3″S 154°59′44″E
Billy Mitchell Crater Lake	Autonomous Region of Bougainville	3 km2 (1.2 sq mi)[6]		6°05′20″S 155°13′36″E
Dakataua	West New Britain Province	48 km2 (19 sq mi)	Located on Willaumez Peninsula, New Britain[7]	5°01′37.3″S 150°05′23″E
Karkar	Madang Province	Lake dried out.[8]	Located on Karkar Island.[9]	4°38′59.08″S 145°58′20.41″E
Loloru	Autonomous Region of Bougainville	0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi)	Sacred place, hunting on the lake is forbidden.[10]	6°31′S 155°37′E
Lake Namor	West New Britain Province	1.55 km2 (0.60 sq mi)	Located on Lolobau Island[11]	4°56′50.0″S 151°11′14.2″E
Sakar	Morobe Province	0.13 km2 (0.050 sq mi)	Located on Sakar Island[12]	5°24′19.8″S 148°04′50.1″E
Wisdom Lake	Madang Province	86.7 km2 (33.5 sq mi)	Located on Long Island	5°20′12.34″S 147°6′13.12″E
Victory	Ijivitari District, Oro Province	0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi)	Located on Cape Nelson.[13]	9°12′33.3″S 149°04′35.6″E

Dams

Dam	Location	Area	Notes	Coordinates
Yonki Dam	Eastern Highlands Province			6°15′05″S 145°58′49″E
Sirinumu Dam	Central Province			9°30′10″S 147°28′41″E
Wabo Dam	Gulf Province		Proposed Hydroelectric plant on Purari River.[14]

See also

• Lakes portal