Bagabag (Papua New Guinea)

Bagabag is an island in the Madang Province of Papua New Guinea having a dormant volcano.

[1] Bagabag is 43 km (27 mi) east-north-east from Cape Croilles on the northern coast of the Papua New Guinea mainland, and is the closest island to Karkar Island which is 18 km (11 mi) to the north-west.

The prominent feature of the coast is Christmas Bay, which cuts into the south-eastern side of the island.

Volcanic in origin, terrain on Bagabaga consists of steep, thickly vegetated slopes that rise to over 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level.

The first recorded sighting by Europeans of Karkar Island was by the Spanish navigator Iñigo Órtiz de Retes on 10 August 1545 when on board of the carrack San Juan tried to return from Tidore to New Spain.