Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Papua New Guinea
Detourmap lists 62 places in Papua New Guinea, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (57). Best known: Mount Wilhelm. 26 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 62
- Oldest here
- Bulolo 1930
- Little known
- 26 of 62
- Most from
- 20th century
Nature & landscapes in Papua New Guinea 57
Archaeological & historic sites in Papua New Guinea 5
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3.Porgera Gold Mine
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Mine in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
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4.Panguna mine
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Copper mine in Papua New Guinea (Bougainville Island)
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Papua New Guinea?
Mount Wilhelm. Highest mountain in Papua New Guinea. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Papua New Guinea?
62: 57 nature & landscapes and 5 archaeological & historic sites. 26 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Papua New Guinea?
Bulolo, dated to 1930. 3 of the 62 places here carry a founding date at all.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.