The Sabalana Islands (''Kepulauan Sabalana'') are an
Atoll
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in the
Flores Sea
The Flores Sea covers of water in Indonesia. The sea is bounded on the north by the island of Celebes and on the south by Sunda Islands of Flores and Sumbawa.
Geography
The seas that border the Flores Sea are the Bali Sea (to the west), Java ...
in Indonesia, lying just north of the
Lesser Sunda Islands, closer to
Sumbawa
Sumbawa is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, with Lombok to the west, Flores to the east, and Sumba further to the southeast. Along with Lombok, it forms the province of West Nusa Tenggara, but th ...
than
Sulawesi. They are west of
Tanahjampea Island and north-east of the
Tengah Islands The Tengah Islands are a group of islands in the Flores Sea in Indonesia, lying just north of the Lesser Sunda Islands, scattered off the north coast of Mount Tambora in Sumbawa
Sumbawa is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Less ...
(Central Islands). Administratively, the atoll belongs to the province of
South Sulawesi. The total area, including the large
lagoon
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') ...
, is 2694 km², making Sabalana one of the largest atolls by total area. The land area of the largest individual island, Pulau Sabalana, measures about 7 km², followed by Pulau Banawaja with 3 km² and Pulau Sabaru with 1.4 km².
The individual islets are listed, clockwise from the northernmost to the southernmost (the western rim of the atoll is free of islets):
#Pulau Djailamu
#Pulau Sabaru
#Pulau Balobaloang-besar
#Pulau Balobaloang-ketjil
#Pulau Sumanga
#Pulau Makaranangang
#Pulau Laija
#Pulau Sanane-ketjil
#Pulau Sanane-besar
#Pulau Sabalana
#Pulau Banawaja (easternmost)
#Pulau Pamolikang
#Pulau Santigiang
#Pulau Soroabu
#Pulau Meong
#Pulau Matalang
#Pulau Balalohong
#Pulau Manukang
#Pulau Sadulangang
#Pulau Sarege
External links
1:250,000 topographic map (northern part)1:250,000 topographic map (southern part)1:1000,000 topographic map (International Map of the World)
Archipelagoes of Indonesia
Landforms of South Sulawesi
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