Schouten Islands
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Not to be confused with Schouten Island, an island off eastern Tasmania, Australia.
The Schouten Islands are an island group of eastern Indonesia in the southern Pacific Ocean off the northern coast of New Guinea.
The islands are a protectorate of Papua New Guinea. The capital is Kairiru and the total population is about 8,000.
They are named after Dutch explorer Willem Schouten.
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