page_title: Kabakon
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Kabakon / References
caption_attribution_description: August Engelhardt (ca. 1870 - 6 May 1919), German leader of the Sonnenorden sect on Kabakon, Duke of York Islands, New Guinea
context_page_description: Kabakon or Kaka Kon Island is a small island in group of Duke of York Islands in the Bismark Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. August Engelhardt chose Kabakon as the island to establish his Sun-worshiping sect, notable for only eating coconuts, from 1902 until his death.
context_section_description: Kabakon Island: Papua New Guinea National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
  Old Print Article: “Failure Of A Womanless Eden In The Pacific,” New York Times (1905)
  Zoë Bernard The Curious Case of August Engelhardt, Leader of a Coconut-Obsessed Cult November 30, 2017
  Nina Martyris Death By Coconut: A Story Of Food Obsession Gone Too Far December 3, 2015
caption: August Engelhardt 1911
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