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Bunguran Island (Indonesian: Pulau Bunguran) or just Bunguran is the main island of the Middle Natuna Archipelago, which is part of the Riau Islands Province in Indonesia. It is also called Great Natuna Island (Pulau Natuna Besar). The area of Bunguran is 1,633 km 2 (631 sq mi) with a coastline of 359 km (223 mi). [1]
The Natuna Islands are part of the Borneo lowland rain forests ecoregion. [48] The Natuna Islands have a remarkable avifauna with 71 species of bird registered, including the near-threatened lesser fish eagle, the Natuna serpent-eagle. Other endangered species include the green iora, the brown fulvetta or the green broadbill. [49]
The Bunguran Islands are an archipelago in Riau Islands province, Indonesia, located in the Natuna Sea, the southern portion of the South China Sea.The archipelago forms the central part of the Natuna Regency, an archipelago of 272 islands in total, which is in turn included in the Tudjuh Archipelago, off the northwest coast of Borneo.
The Natuna Sea (Indonesian: Laut Natuna) is an extensive shallow sea located around the Natuna Regency, extending south of the Riau Islands, east of the Lingga Regency and west of Borneo, to the Bangka Belitung Islands. The islands of the Badas and Tambelan Archipelago are located at its center.
In late 2019, China intensified its military activities in the waters of Indonesia's Natuna islands, which China claims as its territory. [78] By January 2020, Chinese fishing boats, escorted by Chinese coast guard vessels, conducted activities near the northern islands of Natuna, which falls under Indonesian exclusive economic zone (EEZ). [79]
The North Natuna Sea [1] (Indonesian: Laut Natuna Utara; Jawi script: لاوت ناتونا اوتارا) is a shallow body of water located north of Natuna Regency.Named by the Indonesian government in July 2017, Indonesia changed the northern part of its Exclusive Economic Zone in the South China Sea to the North Natuna Sea, bordering the southern part of Vietnam's Exclusive Economic Zone.
' Ranai Town ') is the administrative capital of the Natuna Regency archipelago in the Riau Islands, Indonesia. It has one airport and can be reached by boat. It is located on Bunguran (or Natuna) Island, in East Bunguran District (kecamatan Bunguran Timur), which had a population of 29,080 in mid 2023, [1] of whom 8,735 lived in Ranai Kota.
Dymaxion map (Fuller map) with continental landmasses (I,II,III,IV) and largest islands (1–30) roughly to scale. This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown.