# Samarai (PG SQT)

**UN/LOCODE:** PG SQT  
**Country:** Papua New Guinea  
**Water Body:** Coral Sea; South Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** -10.6167, 150.6667

Once the bustling capital of British-Australian Papua and dubbed the "Pearl of the Pacific," tiny Samarai Island in Milne Bay is today a quiet backwater. The administrative and commercial centre moved to mainland Alotau in 1968, and since 1975 Alotau's overseas wharves have handled the region's shipping, including copra transshipment and fishing fleets. Samarai retains only its historic government wharf and serves local small-craft traffic; commercial container and overseas freight goes through Alotau. The island's cargo relevance is minimal.

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