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| map_image = Karta PG Bismarck Archipelago Western Islands.png
| map_caption = Location of Sae and Kaniet Islands at top left
| location = [[Papua New Guinea]]
| coordinates = {{coord|0|47|S|145|17|E}}
| archipelago = [[Western Islands, Papua New Guinea|Western Islands]], [[Bismarck Archipelago]]
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| country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Manus Province|Manus]]
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'''Sae Island''' is the northernmost island<ref name=Geog>[http://www.wuvulu.com/geography.shtml#N The Wuvulu Web Site - Geographical Names of the Western Islands]</ref> within the [[Western Islands, Papua New Guinea|Western Islands]] of the [[Bismarck Archipelago]], [[Papua New Guinea]]. It is located just north-west of the [[Kaniet Islands]],<ref name=Geog/> under which it is often subsumed, although the two are distinct.<ref name=Geog/> Another name for the Kaniet(-Sae) Islands is "Anchorite Islands".<ref name=Geog/>

The first sighting by Europeans of Sae Island was by the Spanish navigator [[Ynigo Ortiz de Retez|Iñigo Órtiz de Retes]] on 21 August 1545 when on board of the [[carrack]] ''San Juan'' tried to return from [[Tidore]] to [[New Spain]].<ref>Coello, Francisco "Conflicto hispano-alemán" ''Boletín de Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid'', t.XIX. 2º semestre 1885, Madrid, p.318.</ref><ref>Sharp, Andrew ''The discovery of the Pacific Islands'' Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1960, p.31.</ref>

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