Alas Islands

{{Short description|Islands of Papua New Guinea}}

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The Alas Islands are part of Papua New Guinea. They are located at longitude 153.067 east and latitude 4.650 south.{{cite web | url = https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-3023481&fid=4840&c=papua_new_guinea | title = Alas Islands: Papua New Guinea }}

The islands are the setting for W. Somerset Maugham's short story "The Vessel of Wrath".{{cite book | title=East and West: The Collected Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham | year=1937 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xsu_Wu-sHM8C | access-date=16 August 2023 | page=}}

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