Are the nauru and manus islands near Australia or in Australia itself?
Both islands are “relatively” near the Australia, but both are also belonging to other states. Manus Island is part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea, while Nauru is an island nation – the Republic of Nauru. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manus_Island Manus Island is part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea and is the largest island of the Admiralty Islands. It is the 5th largest island in Papua New Guinea with an area of 2,100 km², measuring around 100 km x 30 km. It is covered in rugged jungles, which can be broadly described as lowland tropical rain forest. The highest point on Manus Island is Mt. Dremsel 718 metres (2,356 feet) above sea level at the center of the south coast. Manus is volcanic in origin and probably broke through the ocean’s surface in the late Miocene, 8-10 million years ago. The substrate of the island is either directly volcanic or from uplifted coral limestone. Manus I
