Schouten Islands

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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.pl:Schouten (wyspy) sv:Schoutenöarna

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