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{{Short description|Island group in Papua New Guinea}}
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[[Image:Green Islands NASA.jpg|thumb|280px|Green Islands seen from space]]
[[File:Green Islands-txu-oclc-6552576-sb56-3.jpg|thumb|Map of the islands]]
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[[Image:Green Islands NASA.jpg|thumb|350px|Green Islands in the [[Solomon Sea]], seen from space]]


The '''Green Islands''' are a small group of [[island]]s in [[Papua New Guinea]]. They are located at {{Coord|4|30|S|154|10|E |display=inline,title}}, about {{Convert|200|km|0|abbr=on}} east of [[Rabaul]] on [[New Britain]] and about {{Convert|200|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of [[Bougainville Island|Bougainville]]. The Green islands are administered as part of [[Bougainville Province]] (also known as North Solomons Province).
The '''Green Islands''' is a small [[archipelago]] of [[island]]s in the [[Solomon Sea]], within the [[Autonomous Region of Bougainville]], in northeastern [[Papua New Guinea]].


They are located at {{Coord|4|30|S|154|10|E |display=inline,title}}, about {{Convert|200|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of [[Bougainville Island]], and about {{Convert|200|km|0|abbr=on}} east of [[Rabaul]] and [[New Britain]] island.
[[Nissan Island|Nissan]] is the largest island of the group. Other islands include: [[Pinipel Island|Pinipel]], [[Sau Island|Sau]], [[Barahun Island|Barahun]] and [[Sirot Island|Sirot]].

During [[World War II]] the [[United States Navy]]'s [[Seabee]]s built a large [[PT Boat]] base on the Green Islands.<ref>[https://www.seabees93.net/GI%20Green%20Island%206th%20ED.htm seabees93.net]</ref>

==Islands==
*[[Nissan Island]] — the largest island of the group
*[[Pinipel Island]]
*[[Barahun Island]]
*[[Sirot Island]]
*Sau Island


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Battle of the Green Islands]]
* [[Battle of the Green Islands]]
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* {{C|Archipelagoes of Papua New Guinea}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/tpc/txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566_m-14c.jpg Map including the Green Islands]


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"Green Islands" redirects here. For other islands, see Green Island (disambiguation).
Map of the islands
Green Islands in the Solomon Sea, seen from space

The Green Islands is a small archipelago of islands in the Solomon Sea, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in northeastern Papua New Guinea.

They are located at 4°30′S 154°10′E / 4.500°S 154.167°E / -4.500; 154.167, about 200 km (124 mi) northwest of Bougainville Island, and about 200 km (124 mi) east of Rabaul and New Britain island.

During World War II the United States Navy's Seabees built a large PT Boat base on the Green Islands.[1]

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