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Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago located off of the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula (on the island of New Guinea), Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. It comprises over 1,500 small islands, cays , and shoals around the four main islands of Misool , Salawati , Batanta , and Waigeo , and the smaller island of Kofiau .
Raja Ampat is known for its beautiful sea and scenery. It is recognized as the home of the largest coral reef biodiversity in the world. With more than 550 distinct variety of coral, 700 different kinds of mollusks, and 1427 different species of fish, it is a significant center for marine biodiversity.
Wajag Island, Raja Ampat Islands. The Raja Ampat Islands are a series of four adjacent island clusters located in the western part of the Bird's Head (Vogelkoop) of Papua Island. Administratively, this cluster is mainly under Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua Province (except for two districts which lie within the Sorong Regency). These ...
Fam Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Fam) are a group of islands in the Raja Ampat Archipelago, which are administered as part of the Indonesian province of Southwest Papua. [1] [2] [3] The main islands are Fam, Penemu (aka Piaynemo, Fam Besar), Inus and Yar. [4] They lie northwest of Batanta island, in the straits between Waigeo and Batanta and ...
Raja Ampat is a chain of 1,500 islands (Kri Island pictured); the largest ones are Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati and Misool. Covering about 4,600,000 hectares (11,000,000 acres); they are situated on the western border of the Pacific Ocean and at the northeastern border of the Indonesian Throughflow , with most being on the Sahul Shelf .
The Raja Ampat Islands People in Waigeo. Waigeo is an island in the Southwest Papua province of eastern Indonesia.The island is also known as Amberi or Waigiu.It is the largest of the four main islands in the Raja Ampat Islands archipelago, between Halmahera and about 65 kilometres (40 miles) to the northwest coast of New Guinea.
The Raja Ampat Islands. Batanta is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. Its area is 479.5 km 2 and its highest point is 1184 m. The Pitt Strait separates it from Salawati Island, while the Dampier Strait separates it from Waigeo Island.
It is the gateway to Indonesia's Raja Ampat Islands, species rich coral reef islands in an area considered the heart of the world's coral reef biodiversity. [2] It also is the logistics hub for Indonesia's thriving eastern oil and gas frontier.