Kiriwina

Kiriwina is the largest island in the Trobriand Islands, a group of coral islands located in the Solomon Sea off the coast of Papua New Guinea. This raised atoll, approximately 30 miles long, is largely covered by swamp and rises to a central ridge. The island's main settlement is Losuia. During World War II, it served as an Allied air and naval base in 1943. The indigenous people, known as Trobrianders, inhabit Kiriwina and subsist on yams, vegetables, pigs, and fish. They are organized into matrilineal clans and are known for their elaborate intertribal trading system called the kula. Kiriwina is also the name of an Austronesian language spoken on the islands.123