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The archipelago of Maluku cover almost 1.5 million sq. km, and stretches 1.200 km from north to south and about the same from east to west. Within this huge area there aren about 1.027 smaller and larger islands, of which more than 600 is uninhabited, total land area is about 87.000 sq. km. The largest islands are Seram, Halmahera and Buru, these three islands alone makes up half of the total land area of Maluku.
Halmahera is the largest island in the Maluku archipelago. Because of the mountainous landscape it is however the most sparsely populated, considering the size. Population…
Buru is one of the largest islands in Maluku, it is part of central Maluku and is administered from Ambon just east of the island.…
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The Banda Sea is one of Indonesia's deepest oceans, at the most more than 6.500 m deep. It spans a large area, all the way…
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The group of islands called Aru are located just west of Irian Jaya in the Arafura Sea, which stretches all the way to Irian Jaya…
The archipelago of Maluku cover almost 1.5 million sq. km, and stretches 1.200 km from north to south and about the same from east to…
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Wetar is located just 56 km north of Timor's northeastern coast. The island is 80 km long in east-west direction and 45 km wide in…
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Sangihe: Beach on Sangihe.
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Date: 21/08/03 Views: 1732