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Conflict Group
The Conflict Islands (also Conflict Group) is an Atoll in the Coral Sea. Politically they belong to the province of Milne Bay in the south east of Papua New Guinea. They are east of Alotau in the Louisiade Archipelago located between the Engineer Group to the west and the Deboyne Islands to the east.
The Conflict Islands Atoll forms a pear-shaped reef formation of by , enclosing a massive central lagoon within the fringing reef, in size. There are three main passages that connect the lagoon with the surrounding waters of the north-eastern Coral Sea — the largest of these, known as Ship Pass, is found on the south-western side. Around the reef perimeter are found 19 islands varying in size from less than 1 hectare to the largest at ; and two islets found within the lagoon centre, Quesal and Itamarina. The total land area is or . The third largest island, Panasesa currently accommodates a resort comprising 6 bungalows with ensuites, main club house, diving and fishing centre and a runway.
== History ==
The Conflicts Islands were first charted in 1879 by Captain Bruce of H.M.S. Cormorant, but they weren't named until 1880 after H.M.S. Conflict by Lieutenant Bower. The ship first sighted the islands in moonlight, and the ship passed east to west along the southern end of the Conflict Islands.
In 1895 Henry Alexander Wickham was granted a lease of the uninhabited islands, which he turned into a copra plantation, and attempted to farm sea sponges, beche de mer and pearls.
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