Carteret Atoll

The Carteret Islands are a low coral atoll northeast of Bougainville, with small islets strung along a reef enclosing a lagoon. Its people lived by the sea and cultivated the limited land of the islets. In 1767 Philip Carteret encountered the islands during the voyage of HMS Swallow; the English name of the group commemorates him, while the islands also bear the local name Kilinailau.