Everything about Fly River totally explained
The
Fly at, is the second longest
river, after the
Sepik, in
Papua New Guinea. It rises in the
Star Mountains, and crosses the south-western lowlands before flowing into the
Gulf of Papua in a large
delta.
It flows mostly through the
Western Province, though for a small stretch it forms the boundary between PNG and the
Indonesia province of
Papua. This section protrudes slightly to the west of the
141°E longitude line. To compensate for this slight gain in territory for PNG, the border south of the Fly River is slightly east of the
141°E longitude line. As part of this deal, Indonesia has the right to use the Fly River to its mouth for navigation.
The principal tributaries of the Fly are the
Strickland and the
Ok Tedi. Both these rivers have been the source of environmental controversy due to tailings waste from the
Porgera Mine and the
Ok Tedi Mine respectively.
History
The Fly was first discovered by Europeans in 1842 when
Francis Blackwood commanding the
corvette HMS Fly, surveryed the western coast of the Gulf of Papua. The river was named after his ship and he proclaimed that it would be possible for a small steam powered boat to travel up the mighty river.
In 1876 Italian explorer,
Luigi D'Albertis, was the first person to successfully attempt this when he travelled 900 km into the interior of New Guinea, in his steamer,
Neva. It was the furthest any explorer had ever been into the island.
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