Guabe River

Guabe River
Guabe River is located in Papua New Guinea
Guabe River
Location within Papua New Guinea
Location
Country Papua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPapua New Guinea
Mouth 
 • coordinates
5°29′20″S 145°53′54″E / 5.48901°S 145.89829°E / -5.48901; 145.89829

The Guabe River is a river in northern Papua New Guinea. It is the biggest river in Papua New Guinea.

History

On October 13, 2011, a Dash 8-100 plane operated by Airlines PNG as Flight 1600 crashed near the river. 28 of the 32 people on board were killed.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Guabe River sa Geonames.org (cc-by); post updated 2011-06-05; database downloaded 2015-06-22
  2. ↑ "HOTOSM Papua New Guinea Waterways (OpenStreetMap Export)". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Accident Lockheed 414-56 Hudsun IIIA VH-ALA, Sunday 18 April 1948". Aviation Safety Network. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.