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It lies at a distance of about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the city of Sorong on the mainland, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) west of the island of Doom, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northwest of the uninhabited island of Nana, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north-east of the island of Yefman, and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the island of Raam. Soop is 3.3 ...
The island is located around 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) away from mainland Sorong. [2] It has a perimeter of around 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi). [3] The island is part of two administrative villages (kelurahan): West and East Doom. The two villages also include other small islands close to Sorong.
The phrase "Sorong to Samarai" is commonly used throughout Papua New Guinea and Indonesian Papua to express solidarity and oneness and makes reference to both Sorong, a town in Southwest Papua, Indonesia and Samarai, a small township being one of the easternmost point located in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Southwest Papua (Indonesian: Papua Barat Daya) is the 38th province of Indonesia to be created, and was split off from West Papua on 8 December 2022. [4] Despite being named southwest, it is a misnomer and this province is actually located in the northwest edge of Papua.
Sorong Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Sorong) is a regency of the Southwest Papua province of Indonesia. [2] It covers an area of 13,075.28 km 2, and had a population of 70,619 at the 2010 Census, [3] and 118,679 at the 2020 Census; [4] the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 129,963 (comprising 68,564 males and 61,399 females). [1]
Sorong fault also (Sorong Fault Zone, SFZ) is an active, broad zone of inferred left lateral shear at the triple junction of the Australian plate, Eurasian plate, and Pacific plate, where many plate fragments exist, such as the Philippine Sea plate, Bird's Head plate, Halmahera plate and the Molucca Sea plate.
The airport is named after Domine Eduard Osok, a pastor originating from Sorong and known for doing missionary work and spreading Christianity in Sorong and the surrounding parts. [ 1 ] Domine Eduard Osok Airport serves as an entry point to the Raja Ampat Islands since the Raja Ampat Islands are closer to the city of Sorong than to the ...
She was launched in 1964 by Trogir shipyards. Commissioned in 1965 with the hull number 911 or sometimes also referred to as AO-911. Sorong made history because she was part of the Combat Team for an amphibious landing operation to seize the city of Dili in East Timor on 6 December 1975, part of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor from 1975 to 1976.