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

References

1. M. R. Chambers The Freshwater Lakes of Papua New Guinea: An Inventory and Limnological Review. Journal of Tropical Ecology Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb., 1987), pp. 1-23
2. Blaine Burkey, O.F.M.Cap. Only the Beginnings St. Conrad Archives Center. 2016
3. Lake Kopiago Floating islands
4. Lake Kutubu - newest Ramsar site in Papua New Guinea
5. Gudmundur (Gummi) Fridriksson PNG – A Volcanic Hotspot
6. The Billy Mitchell volcano at VolcanoLive.com
7. Dakataua Volcano
8. Picture taken on helicopter flight over KarKar Island
9. Karkar Volcano
10. Pauline Karalus The Takuan beauty of Lake Loloru 2015
11. Lolobau Volcano
12. Sakar Volcano
13. Mt Victory Volcano
14. Purari River (Wabo) Hydroelectric Scheme Environmental Studies: An archaeological and ethnographic survey of the Purari River (Wabo) dam site and reservoir. Office of Environment and Conservation, 1978 - Environmental impact analysis.

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