カイザー・ヴィルヘルムス・ラント
Also known as Kaiser Wilhelm's Land
Kaiser-Wilhelmsland ("Emperor William's Land") formed part of German New Guinea (), the South Pacific protectorate of the German Empire. Named in honour of Wilhelm I, who reigned as German Emperor () from 1871 to 1888, it included the northern part of present-day Papua New Guinea. From 1884 until 1920 the territory was a protectorate () of the German Empire. Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, the Bismarck Archipelago (including New Mecklenburg and New Pomerania), the northern Solomon Islands, the Caroline Islands, Palau, Nauru, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Marshall Islands comprised German New Guin
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Kaiser Wilhelms Land
- Islands.image_name
- New Guinea (1884-1919).png
- Islands.image_caption
- Kaiser-Wilhelmsland (in black) 1884–1919
- Islands.map_image
- LocationNewGuinea.png
- Islands.location
- Northeastern quarter of the island of New Guinea, north of the Australian continent
- Islands.area_km2
- 181650
- Islands.highest_mount
- Saruwaged Massif
- Islands.elevation_m
- 4121
- Islands.country
- Germany
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- protectorate
- Islands.population
- 110,000
- Islands.population_as_of
- 1902
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