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This is a list of islands of Indonesia. Indonesia comprises more than 17,000 islands [1] according to estimates made by the Government of Indonesia, with 922 of those permanently inhabited. The country extends from adjacent the Malay Peninsula in its west and into Melanesia in its east. According to a 2002 survey by National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), Indonesia has 18,306 islands. Counting tidal islands (periodically submerged) doubles the island figure,[citation needed] and many islands have no name or share names, all of which makes tabulation very confusing even to the government of Indonesia.
Management of the islands sometimes includes a regency which covers a small island chain.
On September 21, 2007, an 8.4 earthquake struck Sumatra near South Pagai Island, producing a cluster of six small new islands, and enlarging others by uplift.[2] A large portion of Indonesia is seismically active; the number, size, and shape of islands continues to evolve.
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Main islands
- Greater Sunda Islands
- New Guinea — divided between Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua and the independent nation of Papua New Guinea
Other islands
Java
Province of Banten
Province of DKI Jakarta
- Thousand Islands archipelago (Kepulauan Seribu) 105 islands. Only 11 islands are inhabited.
Province of Central Java
- Karimun Jawa
- Nusa Kambangan - prison island
Province of East Java
- Bawean archipelago (kepulauan Bawean)
- Kangean Islands archipelago (kepulauan Kangean)
- Madura
- Raas
- Raja
Sumatra
Province of Aceh, 119 islands
- Banyak archipelago (kepulauan Banyak), 99 islands
- Lasia
- Weh Island
- Simeulue Island
Province of North Sumatra, 419 islands
- Batu archipelago (formerly Batoe Eilanden), 51 islands
- Berhala island on the Strait of Malacca
- Jake
- Makole
- Masa
- Samosir island on Lake Toba
Province of West Sumatra
- Mentawai Islands
- Siberut
- Sipura (Pulau Sipora)
- North Pagai
- South Pagai
- Pasumpahan
Province of Lampung
- Child of Krakatoa (Pulau Anak Krakatau)
Province of Riau
Province of Riau Islands, about 3,200 islands
- Natuna archipelago (Kepulauan Natuna)
- South Natuna archipelago
- Anambas archipelago
- Natuna Besar archipelago
- Tambelan archipelago
- Badas Islands archipelago
- Riau Archipelago
- Lingga Islands
Province of Bangka-Belitung Islands
Kalimantan
Province of East Kalimantan
Province of South Kalimantan
Province of Central Kalimantan
Province of West Kalimantan
- Karimata Islands
- Bawal
- Galam
- Maya Karimata also just "Maya"
Sulawesi
Province of North Sulawesi
- Talaud Islands
- Sangihe Islands
- Sangir Besar, aka Sangir Island
- Siau Island
- Karakaralong Islands
Province of Central Sulawesi
- Togian Islands
- Banggai Islands
- Peleng
- Banggai
- Bowokan Islands (aka Treko)
Province of South Sulawesi
Province of Southeast Sulawesi
Lesser Sunda Islands
Province of Bali
Province of West Nusa Tenggara
Province of East Nusa Tenggara
- Alor Archipelago (kepulauan Alor), 14 islands + 1 (E.Timor)
- Flores
- Komodo
- Palu'e aka Palu
- Rincapulau
- Rote Island
- Savu (Savu Islands)
- Solor Archipelago
- Sumba
- Timor—divided between Indonesian West Timor and the independent nation of East Timor
Maluku
Province of Maluku
- Buru
- Seram
- Gorong archipelago
- Watubela archipelago
- Banda
- Tayandu Islands (also Tayahad)
- Kai
- Aru archipelago
- Tanimbar Islands archipelago
- Babar Island archipelago
- Barat Daya Islands
- Leti Islands archipelago
Small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea
The province of North Maluku
- Bacan
- Morotai
- Widi archipelago
- Obi Islands
- Sula islands
New Guinea
Islands on the west of the main New Guinea island
Province of West Papua
610 islands, 35 inhabited
North of New Guinea Island:
Province of Papua
See also
References
- ^ Based on "Seminar Nasional Penetapan Nama Pulau-pulau Kecil Dalam Presektif Sejarah or "National Seminary of Name For Little Islands From History Side", July 16 to 18 at Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, now we know they have a new amount of the islands total, 8,844 that have been named
- ^ Southern Sumatra Earthquake in 2007, coastal change, GSI
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External links
"Indonesia counts its islands before it's too late". Antara. May 17, 2007. http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/5/17/indonesia-counts-its-islands-before-its-too-late/.
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