新几内亚岛(又名伊里安岛)是太平洋第一大岛,其东部的巴布亚半岛像一条有力的臂膀伸进珊瑚海,北邻新不列颠岛、新爱尔兰岛,与东北方的所罗门群岛互成犄角,向东俯瞰美澳间的海上交通线,南与澳大利亚隔海相望,战略地位十分重要。 New Guinea Island (also known as Irian) is the largest Pacific island, the eastern Papua Peninsula, like a strong arm into the Coral Sea, north of the New Britain Island, the new island of Ireland, and the northeast Solomon Islands mutual Horn, eastward overlooking the maritime traffic between the United States and Australia, across the sea with Australia across the sea, the strategic position is very important.