The islands of Indonesia, also known as the Indonesian Archipelago ( id, Kepulauan Indonesia) or
Nusantara, may refer either to the islands comprising the
country
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of
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...
or to the geographical groups which include its islands.
History
The exact number of islands comprising Indonesia varies among definitions and sources. According to the Law No 9/1996 on Maritime Territory of Indonesia, of 17,508 officially listed islands within the territory of the
Republic of Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. In ...
. According to a geospatial survey conducted between 2007 and 2010 by the
National Coordinating Agency for Survey and Mapping (Bakorsurtanal), Indonesia has 13,466 islands.
However, according to earlier survey in 2002 by
National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), the Indonesian archipelago has 18,307 islands, and according to the CIA ''World Factbook'', there are 17,508 islands.
[CIA World Factbook]
/ref> The discrepancy of the numbers of Indonesian islands was because that the earlier surveys include " tidal islands"; sandy cays and rocky reef
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s that appear during low tide and are submerged during high tide. According to estimates made by the government of Indonesia
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8,844 islands have been named, with 922 of those permanently inhabited. As of 2018, 16,671 island names have been verified by the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN).
Major islands
* Sunda Islands
** Greater Sunda Islands
*** Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mo ...
, formerly Jawa Dwipa.
*** Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
, formerly Swarna Dwipa.
*** Borneo
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: divided between the Indonesian region Kalimantan, the country of Brunei
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and the Malaysia
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n states of Sabah
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and Sarawak
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.
*** Sulawesi
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, formerly Celebes.
** Lesser Sunda Islands
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*** Bali
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*** Lombok
*** Sumbawa
*** Flores
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*** Sumba
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*** Timor
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: divided between Indonesian West Timor
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and the country of East Timor
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.
* Maluku Islands
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(Moluccas)
* New Guinea
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: divided between the two Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua and the country of Papua New Guinea
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.
List of islands
The following islands are listed by province:
Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mo ...
Banten
* Panaitan
* Sangiang
* Tinjil
* Umang
Central Java
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* Karimunjawa
* Nusa Kambangan
* Dungeon's Island
Special Capital Region of Jakarta
* Thousand Islands (Kepulauan Seribu)
East Java
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* Bawean
* Gili Iyang Island
* Kangean Islands
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* Madura
* Raas
* Nusa Barong
* Raja Island
* Sempu Island
West Java
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* Monitor Lizard Island (Pulau Biawak), Indramayu
Sumatra
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Aceh
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* Banyak Islands
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** Tuangku
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As a consequence of the 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake, the island dropped rendering the c ...
* Lasia Island
* Simeulue
* Weh
North Sumatra
* Batu Islands
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* Berhala on the Strait of Malacca
* Hinako Islands
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* Makole Island
* Masa Island
* Nias
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Islands
* Samosir, Lake Toba
West Sumatra
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* Mentawai Islands Mentawai may refer to:
* Mentawai Islands
* Mentawai Strait
* Mentawai people
* Mentawai language
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** North Pagai
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** Siberut
** Sipura
** South Pagai
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* Pasumpahan
* Sikuai
Bengkulu
* Enggano Island
* Mega Island
Lampung
* Child of Krakatoa (Anak Krakatau)
* Legundi
* Sebesi
* Sebuku
Riau
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* Basu Island
* Bengkalis Bengkalis (''Kota Bengkalis'') was the seat (capital) of Bengkalis Regency in the Riau province of Indonesia until 8 July 2013, when it became an independent city. It is located on Bengkalis Island. The city had a population of 66,211.
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* Padang
* Rangsang
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* Rupat
* Tebing Tinggi Island
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Riau Islands
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* Natuna
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Islands (Kepulauan Natuna)
** Anambas
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Islands
** Natuna Besar Islands
** South Natuna
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Islands
** Tambelan
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Islands
*** Badas Islands
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* Riau Archipelago
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** Batam
** Bintan
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** Bulan
** Galang
** Karimun islands
** Great Natuna
** Penyengat
*** Great Karimun
*** Little Karimun
** Kundur
** Rempang
* Lingga Islands
** Lingga with nearby islands
** Singkep with nearby islands
Bangka-Belitung Islands
* Bangka
* Belitung
Belitung ( Belitung Malay: ''Belitong'', formerly Billiton) is an island on the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia in the Java Sea. It covers , and had a population of 309,097 at the 2020 Census. Administratively, it forms two regencies ( Beli ...
Kalimantan
Central Kalimantan
* Damar
* Baning Island
* Buaya Island
* Burung Island
East Kalimantan
* Balabalagan Islands
* Derawan Islands
** Kakaban
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The island has an area of and is quite steep. Its limestone cliffs are covered with dense jungle right down to the water's edge. The wall drops to , and currents can be s ...
North Kalimantan
* Bunyu
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* Sebatik
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: divided between Indonesia
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and Sabah
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, East Malaysia
* Tarakan
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South Kalimantan
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* Laut
* Laut Kecil Islands
Laut Kecil Islands is an archipelago in the south of Borneo. Administratively, the islands belong to South Kalimantan province of Indonesia
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* Sebuku
West Kalimantan
* Bawal
* Galam
* Karimata Islands
** Karimata
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* Maya
Sulawesi
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Central Sulawesi
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* Banggai Islands
** Banggai
** Bowokan Islands (Kepulauan Treko)
** Buka Buka
** Peleng
* Masoni Island
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* Simatang Island
* Togian Islands
** Togian
** Tolitoli
North Sulawesi
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* Bangka
* Bunaken
* Lembeh
* Manado Tua
* Nain
* Sangihe Islands
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** Nanipa
** Bukide
** Sangir Besar
** Siau
** Tagulandang
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* Talaud Islands
** Kabaruan
** Karakelang
** Salibabu
* Talise
South Sulawesi
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* Pabbiring Islands
* Sabalana Islands
* Selayar Islands
** Selayar Island
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* Takabonerate Islands
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* Tengah Islands
Southeast Sulawesi
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* Buton
* Kabaena
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* Muna
* Tukangbesi Islands
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** Wakatobi
*** Wangiwangi
* Wowoni
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Lesser Sunda Islands
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Bali
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* Bali
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* Menjangan Island
* Nusa Lembongan
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* Nusa Penida
* Serangan Island
* Nusa Ceningan
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East Nusa Tenggara
* Alor Islands
** Alor
** Kepa
** Pantar
* Flores
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** Babi Island
** Mules Island
* Komodo
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** Gili Lawadarat
** Gili Lawalaut
** Mangiatan Island
** Makasar Island
*** Taka Makasar
** Mauwang Island
** Pararambah Island
** Siaba Besar Island
*** Siaba Kecil Island
*** Mangiatan Island
*** Tatawa Island
**** Tukoh Pemaroh
*** Pararambah Island
* Padar Island
** Batubilah Island
** Padar Kecil Island
* Palu Island
* Pemana Islands
* Rinca
** Gili Motang
** Golo Mori
** Muang Island
** Rohbong Island
*** Tukoh Gagak
*** Tukoh Rohbongkoe
** Papagaran Besar Island
*** Papagaran Kecil Island
*** Batu Island
*** Mole Island
** Pengah Besar Island
*** Pengah Kecil Island
*** Batupengah Island
* Rote Island
* Savu
* Solor Islands
** Adonara
** Lembata
** Solor
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* Sumba
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* Timor
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, divided between Indonesia West Timor
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and the independent nation of East Timor
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[Galapagos islands]
West Nusa Tenggara
* Gili Islands
** Gili Air
** Gili Trawangan
** Gili Meno
* Banta Island
* Gili Biaha
* Gili Mimpang
* Gili Selang
* Gili Tepekong
* Lombok
* Medang Island Medang Island (Indonesian: ''Pulau Medang'') is an island off the north coast of Sumbawa, west of Moyo Island, in the Flores Sea. It is actually composed of two islands, ''Medang Besar'' and ''Medang Kecil'' (big and small). There are coral reefs ...
* Moyo Island
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* Menjangan Island
* Sangeang
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* Satonda
* Sumbawa
Maluku Islands
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Maluku
* Aru Islands
** Enu
** Kobroor
** Maikoor
** Trangan
** Wokam
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* Babar
Babar ( ur, ), also variously spelled as Baber, Babur, and Babor is a male given name of Pashto, and Persian origin, and a popular male given name in Pakistan. It is generally taken in reference to the Persian ''babr'' (Persian: ببر), meanin ...
* Banda
Banda may refer to:
People
* Banda (surname)
* Banda Prakash (born 1954), Indian politician
* Banda Kanakalingeshwara Rao (1907–1968), Indian actor
* Banda Karthika Reddy (born 1977), Indian politician
*Banda Singh Bahadur (1670–1716), Sikh ...
* Barat Daya Islands
** Damer
** Liran
** Romang
** Wetar
* Boano
Boano Island is an island in West Seram Regency, Maluku Province, Indonesia. It is located off the northern coast of the Hoamoal Peninsula at the western end of Seram Island, across the Boano Strait. The inhabitants speak the Boano language, ...
* Buru
* Gorong archipelago
* Kai Islands
* Kelang
* Leti Islands
** Lakor
** Leti
** Moa
* Manipa
* Nusa Laut
Nusa Laut is the smallest inhabited island in the Lease Islands group east of Ambon, in Indonesia's Maluku province.
It lies just off the south-western corner of Saparua island, separated from it by a deep channel. The island's coasts are fringe ...
* Seram
** Ambon
** Osi
** Saparua
Saparua is an island east of Ambon Island in the Indonesian province of Maluku; the island of Haruku lies between Saparua and Ambon. The main port is in the south at Kota Saparua. The island of Maolana is located near its southwestern side and ...
* Tanimbar Islands
** Selaru
Selaru is an island in Indonesia in the Tanimbar Islands group, Southeast Maluku. It is located south of Yamdena. It is one of the 92 officially listed outlying islands of Indonesia.
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** Yamdena
* Small volcanic islands in Banda Sea
* Tayandu Islands
The Tayandu or Tayando Islands (Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Tayando'') are a group of low-lying islands just west of the larger Kai Islands of Maluku, Indonesia. The main group consists of Tayando (with villages Yamru and Ohoiel), Walir, Heniar (wi ...
(Kepulauan Tayando)
* Watubela archipelago
North Maluku
* Bacan
The Bacan Islands, formerly also known as the Bachans, Bachians, and Batchians, are a group of islands in the Moluccas in Indonesia. They are mountainous and forested, lying south of Ternate and southwest of Halmahera. The islands are administe ...
, with nearby islands:
** Kasiruta
** Mandioli
** Muari
* Erà Islands
* Halmahera
Halmahera, formerly known as Jilolo, Gilolo, or Jailolo, is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku province of Indonesia, and Sofifi, the capital of the province, is located on the west coast of the island.
Ha ...
, with nearby islands:
** Makian
** Ternate
** Tidore
** Hiri
** Mare
** Maitara
** Kayoa
** Laluin
** Moti
** Rau
** Kakara
** Meti
** Medi
** Tagalaya
** Cumo
** Widi Islands
* Morotai
Morotai Island ( id, Pulau Morotai) is an island in the Halmahera group of eastern Indonesia's Maluku Islands (Moluccas). It is one of Indonesia's northernmost islands.
Morotai is a rugged, forested island lying to the north of Halmahera. It ha ...
, with nearby islands:
** Rau
* Obi Islands, which include:
** Bisa
** Gomumu
** Obi
** Obilatu
** Tobalai
* Sula Islands
Western New Guinea
Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, or Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the Melanesian island of New Guinea which is administered by Indonesia. Since the island is alternatively named as Papua, the region ...
''Islands near the Indonesian half of New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torres ...
island.''
West Papua
''610 islands, 35 inhabited''
* Asia Island
* Ayu Islands
** Palau Ayu
** Palau Reni
* Karas
* Raja Ampat Islands
** Batanta
** Boo Islands .
Boo Islands () are a small group of islands in the westernmost part of Raja Ampat
''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asi ...
** Fam Islands
** Misool
Misool, formerly spelled Mysol (Dutch: Misoöl) or Misol, is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. Its area is 2,034 km2. The highest point is 561 m and the main towns are Waigama, located ...
** Waigeo
*** Gam
*** Kawe
* Semai
Papua
* Biak Islands
** Biak
Biak is an island located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak is the largest island in its small archipelago, and has many atolls, reefs, and corals.
The ...
** Mios Num
Mios Num (aka: Num, Indonesian language: ''Pulau Mios Num'') is an island of the Yapen Islands group, in Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia.
It is in Cenderawasih Bay. The Mios Num Strait separates it from Yap ...
** Numfor
** Supiori
** Yapen
* Komoran
Komoran or Komolom is an island just south of the much larger Yos Sudarso near the south coast of New Guinea in South Papua
South Papua, officially the South Papua Province ( id, Provinsi Papua Selatan), is an Indonesian province located in th ...
* Yos Sudarso
Commodore Yosaphat "Yos" Sudarso (24 November 1925 – 15 January 1962) was an Indonesian naval officer killed at the Battle of Arafura Sea. At the time of his death, Yos Sudarso was deputy chief of staff of the Indonesian Navy and in charge ...
See also
* List of Indonesian islands by area
This list of Indonesian islands by area includes all Indonesian islands over 500 km2 in descending order by area.
References
See also
* Indonesian Small Islands Directory
* List of Indonesian islands by population
* List of outlyin ...
* List of Indonesian islands by population
This is a list of the most populous islands in Indonesia, sorted from the highest to lowest. This list also includes the respective islands' population density as well as their most populous settlements (all of its population statistics are taken f ...
References
Bibliography
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...
Islands