New Britain is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago (named for Otto von Bismarck) of Papua New Guinea.
It is separated from the island of New Guinea by the Dampier Strait, and from New Ireland by the St. George's Channel.
The main towns of New Britain are Rabaul/Kokopo and Kimbe.
New Ireland and New Britain islands get their names from the fact that their outlines on a map roughly correspond
to those of the British Isles in the Atlantic Ocean.