Rabaul Island area

Rabaul Island covers an area of 37,000 square kilometers.

Rabaul Island, a port city of New Britain Island in Bismarck Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, is a city of Papua New Guinea, which was also translated into rabaul in Japanese war history. During World War II, it was an important place for US and Japanese troops to compete repeatedly. Branch Bay at the top of Gazelle Peninsula in the northeast of the island. The population is about 14000( 1980), with a total area of 37,000 square kilometers. An important shipping and aviation center. The nearby coastal lowlands are rich in coconuts and cocoa. There are business districts, docks, desiccated coconut factories and cocoa processing factories in the city. The total tonnage of import and export trade accounts for about half of Papua New Guinea. Dried coconut and cocoa are the main export products.

As a tourist destination, rabaul is a popular area for diving and snorkeling. For most of the 20th century, it was the first choice for commercial and tourist destinations in the South Pacific.

1994, the city was destroyed by volcanic eruption.