This page presents the geographical name data for
Melanesia in
Papua New Guinea, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Full Name
(see definition):
Melanesia
Primary Country Code
(see definition):
PP (Papua New Guinea)
First-order administrative division code
(see definition):
00 (Papua New Guinea (general) )
Region Font Code
(see definition):
5 (Asia/Pacific)
Unique Feature Identifier
(see definition):
-2195416
Unique Name Identifier
(see definition):
-3038653
Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-12
Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
160
Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
12° 00' 00" S
Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
160° 00' 00" E
Military Grid Reference System coordinates
(see definition):
57LXG0886473249
Joint Operations Graphic reference
(see definition):
SC57-15
Feature Classification
(see definition):
L (Locality or area type feature)
Feature Designation Code
(see definition):
RGN (region)
Populated Place Classification
(see definition):
No data
Second-order administrative division code
(see definition):
No data
Population Figures
(see definition):
No data
Elevations
(see definition):
No data
Secondary Country Code
(see definition):
No data
Name Type
(see definition):
N (BGN Standard name)
Language Code
(see definition):
No data
Substitute for full name
(see definition):
No data
Descriptive part of the full name
(see definition):
No data
A form of the full name that allows for alphabetical sorting of the file into gazetteer sequence
(see definition):
MELANESIA
Full Name with QWERTY characters
(see definition):
Melanesia
Modify Date
(see definition):
1994-01-06
NOTE: The information regarding
Melanesia in
Papua New Guinea on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the United States of America, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Melanesia information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Melanesia should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.