Sissano Lagoon
{{short description|Lagoon in Papua New Guinea}}
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Sissano Lagoon is a lagoon located in West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
The Piore River languages (also called the Lagoon languages), as well as the Sissano language, are spoken on the shores of the lagoon.Miller, Steve A. 2017. Skou Languages Near Sissano Lagoon, Papua New Guinea. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 35: 1-24.
History
The lagoon was heavily affected by a tsunami in 1998.Matsuyama, M., Walsh, J.P. and Yeh, H. 1999. [https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/1999gl005412 The effect of bathymetry on tsunami characteristics at Sisano Lagoon, Papua New Guinea]. Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 23: 3513–3516. {{doi|10.1029/1999GL005412}}{{citation|title=The Aitape 1998 Tsunami: Reconstructing the Event from Interviews and Field Mapping|url=http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/PNG/Upng/Davies020411/|first=H. L.|last=Davies|first2=J. M.|last2=Davies|first3=R. C. B.|last3=Perembo|first4=W. Y.|last4=Lus|journal=Pure and Applied Geophysics|volume=160|issue=10|pages=1895–1922|doi=10.1007/s00024-003-2413-1|year=2003|bibcode=2003PApGe.160.1895D|url-access=subscription}}