Guabe River

Guabe River
Location within Papua New Guinea
Location
Country	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang Province
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Papua 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. ^[1][2]

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.^[3]

See also

• Airlines PNG Flight 1600
• List of rivers of Papua New Guinea
• Guabe River languages

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.