Carteret Islands
The Carteret Islands are Papua New Guinea islands located 86 km north-east of Bougainville in the South Pacific. The atoll has a scattering of low-lying islands called Han, Jangain, Yesila, Yolasa and Piul, in a horseshoe shape stretching 30 km in north-south direction, with a total land area of 0.6 square kilometers and a maximum elevation of 1.5 m above sea level. Scientists predicted that these islands were the first populated ones to disappear, in about eight years' time.