Rossel Island
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Rossel Island is the easternmost island of the Louisiade Archipelago, within the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Tree Islet is situated 1.5 miles to the north-west, while Wule Island is situat
Stranding on the Saint Paul, on Rossel Island
1890 Chart indicating the location of the Peter, on the SE reef of Rossel Island
The wreck of the Inaho Maru ashore on Rossel Island 12 January 1922
Ensign Quigley's SBD lost at Rossel Island during the Battle of the Coral Sea as it was on 30 September 1941
Louisiade Archipelago
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The Louisiade Archipelago is a string of ten larger volcanic islands frequently fringed by coral reefs, and 90 smaller coral islands in Papua New Guinea.
Rossel Island
…Élisabeth-Paul-Édouard de Rossel, a senior officer on the French expedition of d'Entrecasteaux, 1791–1793; also known as Yela) is the easternmost island of the Louisiade Archipelago, within the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Tree Islet is situated 1.5 miles (1.3 nmi; 2.4 km) to the north-west, while Wule Island is situated…
Moving westward from eastern end of the chain are the islands of Rossel and Vanatinai (Tagula). Misima Island, which harbors the largest village in the region, is obscured by a patch of clouds northeast of image center