Papua New GuineaVolcanic island

Fergusson Island

1,331 km² rising to 2,073 m out of the Solomon Sea.

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

1,331km²

Area

233km

Coastline

2,073m

Highest point

21,842

People

30°C

Warmest sea

February

803km

To the mainland

When to go to Fergusson Island

Best for the beach from January to May.

The sea is warmest in February (30 °C) and coolest in August (27 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

30°29°27°

Jan28

30°28°27°

Feb26

30°28°27°

Mar28

29°28°26°

Apr25

28°28°26°

May25

28°27°25°

Jun25

27°26°24°

Jul24

27°26°24°

Aug21

27°27°25°

Sep20

28°28°25°

Oct23

29°28°26°

Nov22

29°29°27°

Dec24

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, in Papua New Guinea

Fergusson Island is an volcanic island in Papua New Guinea. It covers 1,331 km², with 233 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 2,073 m. About 21,842 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 803 km away.

Getting there

Gurney Airport (GUR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 96 km in a straight line
803 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From January to Maybest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Fergusson Island.

1beaches
5named peaksMount Kilkerran, Othona Peak, Mount Nawaward and 2 more
2volcanoesLamonai Crater, Deidei
2waterfalls
2hotels, guesthouses and apartments

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Fergusson Island in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Fergusson Island, each with its own numbers.

6mountainsPeakyas
1lakeLakeyas

Highest point
1,932m
Mount Kilkerran
according to Peakyas
Largest lake
2.0km²
Lake Lavu
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
29.0°C
Lake Lavu
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas

6 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

Mount Kilkerran1,932m
Mount Nawaward516m
Abugobi Hills
Mount Maybole
Iamalele
Dawson Strait Group

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1 lakes

on Lakeyas, the lake atlas

Lake Lavu2.0km²

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 362 m above the sea. 45 % of it is below 200 m.

21 %0–50 m
24 %50–200 m
27 %200–500 m
20 %500–1,000 m
8 %1,000–2,000 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Fergusson Island1,331 km²

Tenerife2,038 km²

Long Island3,529 km²

50 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	29	28	28	28	28	27	26	26	27	28	28	29
Night low (°C)	27	27	27	26	26	25	24	24	25	25	26	27
Sea (°C)	30	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	27	28	29	29
Rain (mm)	273	237	277	225	213	243	159	134	169	161	171	150
Wet days	28	26	28	25	25	25	24	21	20	23	22	24
Sun h/day	5.9	5.9	5.6	5.9	5.9	5.1	5.8	6.6	6.3	7.3	7.1	7.4
Wind (km/h)	12	11	12	14	18	20	23	22	21	18	15	12

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.1	−0.2	+0.4	±0.0	+0.6	+0.5	+0.8	+0.9	+0.6	+0.7	+0.5	+0.5
2021	+1.0	+0.6	+0.8	+0.8	+0.6	+0.7	+1.1	+1.4	+1.4	+1.6	+1.4	+0.8
2022	+0.2	+0.1	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+2.1	+2.4	+2.3	+2.5	+2.4	+2.0	+1.3
2023	+0.6	+0.3	+0.7	+1.1	+1.5	+0.9	+1.1	+0.4	+0.3	−0.2	−0.6	−0.3
2024	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	+0.9	+0.3	+0.6	+0.7	+0.8	+1.0	+0.8	+0.7	+0.8
2025	+1.2	+0.8	+0.9	+0.9	+1.5	+1.1	+1.5	+1.6	+1.3	+1.2	+1.1	+0.7

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

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Papua New Guinea707 km²2,536 m48 km away

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Woodlark Island

Papua New Guinea853 km²240 m234 km away

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q783083) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls	Peakyas, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0