Purdy Islands

The Purdy Islands (or Mwilitau Islands)^[1] are an uninhabited island group in the Bismarck Sea, belonging to the people of M'Buke Island in Manus, Papua New Guinea. The Purdy Islands, Mole, Mouse, Rat, plus Alim and Bat (or North Bat and South Bat), form part of the Admiralty Islands group, in Manus Province.^[2]

^ Motteler, Lee S.; Bryan, Edwin Horace (January 1986). Pacific Island names: a map and name guide to the new Pacific. Bishop Museum Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-930897-12-3.
^ Sylvia Ohnemus; Museum der Kulturen Basel (1998). An Ethnology of the Admiralty Islanders: The Alfred Bühler Collection, Museum Für Volkerkunde Basel. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 4–. ISBN 978-0-8248-2084-8.

[MottelerBryan1986-1] Motteler, Lee S.; Bryan, Edwin Horace (January 1986). Pacific Island names: a map and name guide to the new Pacific. Bishop Museum Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-930897-12-3.

[OhnemusBasel1998-2] Sylvia Ohnemus; Museum der Kulturen Basel (1998). An Ethnology of the Admiralty Islanders: The Alfred Bühler Collection, Museum Für Volkerkunde Basel. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 4–. ISBN 978-0-8248-2084-8.

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Purdy Islands

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