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Tolokiwa Island

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Tolokiwa Island
Tolokiwa Island is to the west of New Britain
Tolokiwa Island is located in New Britain
Tolokiwa Island
Tolokiwa Island
Tolokiwa Island is located in Papua New Guinea
Tolokiwa Island
Tolokiwa Island
Geography
LocationBismarck Sea
Coordinates5°19′S 147°36′E / 5.317°S 147.600°E / -5.317; 147.600
ArchipelagoBismark Archipelago
Administration
ProvinceMorobe Province
LLGSiassi Rural LLG

Tolokiwa Island, also known as Lottin Island, is an island in the Bismarck Sea. The island is volcanic in origin and part of the Bismarck Archipelago.

Description

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Tolokiwa Island was built up by a series of volcanic eruptions during the Pleistocene epoch. The well-vegetated[1] island is an important natural site for birds,[2] and is home to several species of resident birds (which it unusually shares with nearby islands).[3] Tolokiwa is also home to a subspecies of Turdus Poliocephalus.[4]

The island sustained damage during the 1888 eruption of nearby Ritter Island, which caused a tsunami to hit Tolokiwa.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Thornton, Ian W. B. (2001). "Colonization of an Island Volcano, Long Island, Papua New Guinea, and an Emergent Island, Motmot, in Its Caldera Lake. I. General Introduction". Journal of Biogeography. 28 (11/12): 1299–1310. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00642.x (inactive 2024-07-29). JSTOR 827420.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2024 (link)
  2. ^ Collins, Michael D.; Simberloff, Daniel; Connor, Edward F. (2011). "Binary matrices and checkerboard distributions of birds in the Bismarck Archipelago". Journal of Biogeography. 38 (12): 2373–2383. Bibcode:2011JBiog..38.2373C. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02506.x. JSTOR 41310592.
  3. ^ Diamond, Jared M. (1974). "Colonization of Exploded Volcanic Islands by Birds: The Supertramp Strategy". Science. 184 (4138): 803–806. Bibcode:1974Sci...184..803D. doi:10.1126/science.184.4138.803. JSTOR 1738665. PMID 17783475. S2CID 4058437.
  4. ^ Diamond, Jared M. (March 1989). "A New Subspecies of the Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus from Tolokiwa Island in the Bismarck Archipelago". Emu. 89 (1): 58–60. Bibcode:1989EmuAO..89...58D. doi:10.1071/MU9890058.
  5. ^ Ward, Steven N.; Day, Simon (September 2003). "Ritter Island Volcano-lateral collapse and the tsunami of 1888". Geophysical Journal International. 154 (3): 891–902. Bibcode:2003GeoJI.154..891W. doi:10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02016.x.