Administratively, it is part of New Ireland Province and lies about 100 km north of Kavieng, the provincial capital.
The language of Tenis is spoken on the island, which has around 30 native speakers.
The island was named after British marine officer Watkin Tench in 1790 by Lieutenant Philip Gidley King.
[1] The island has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports breeding populations of brown noddies (80,000 individuals) and black noddies (20,000 individuals), based on 1973 estimates.
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