Western New Guinea

The region of West New Guinea is the western half of the island of New Guinea or Papua, and has also been known as Irian Jaya or West Papua. A part of Indonesia since 1963, the region contains the provinces of West Irian Jaya and Papua, which shares its eastern border with the nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Related Topics:
New Guinea - Papua - Irian Jaya - Indonesia - West Irian Jaya - Papua - Nation - Papua New Guinea

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Part of primal Australia, the region's tropical waters and coral reefs surround coastal wetlands and unending rainforests raising pass the snowline to meet its glaciers and the limestone peaks.

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