Admiralty Islands

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Admiralty Islands

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Etymology

Named by Philip Carteret in 1767, presumably honoring the Admiralty, which commanded the British Royal Navy (and therefore him) at the time.

Proper noun

Admiralty Islands

2. A group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the south Pacific Ocean, belonging to Papua New Guinea.

Synonyms

• Admiralties

Translations

group of islands

Armenian: Ծովակալության կղզիներ (hy) (Covakalutʻyan kġziner) Dutch: Admiraliteitseilanden French: îles de l'Amirauté German: Admiralitätsinseln (de) Polish: Wyspy Admiralicji nvir pl Portuguese: Ilhas do Almirantado f pl Russian: острова́ Адмиралте́йства (ostrová Admiraltéjstva)