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Yapen
Yapen (also Japen, Jobi) is an island of Papua (province), Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is Mios Num Island across the Mios Num Strait, and to the east Kurudu Island. Off the southeast coast of Yapen are the Amboi Islands and to the southwest are the Kuran Islands. Together these islands form the Yapen Islands Regency within the province of Papua. It is populated with communities of Yobi, Randowaya, Serui, and Ansus. Its highest point is . First recorded sighting by Europeans is by Spanish navigator Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, Álvaro de Saavedra who landed on 24 June 1528 when trying to return from Tidore to New Spain. It was then charted as ''Paine'' within the ''Islas de Oro'' (Golden Islands in Spanish), as they called Yapen and the present day Schouten Islands, Schoutens. In 1545 it was visited by Yñigo Ortiz de Retez, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yapen Islands Regency
Yapen Islands Regency is a List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, regency (''kabupaten'') in Papua Province of eastern Indonesia. It covers an area of , and had a population of 82,951 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 112,676 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 115,056 (comprising 58,854 males and 56,202 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Kepulauan Yapen Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9105) It comprises an archipelago which lies in Cenderawasih Bay off the north coast of Western New Guinea. Geography The regency includes the islands and island groups of the Yapen Islands archipelago, including the main Yapen, Yapen island. Its capital is Serui (part of Yapen Selatan district). The area is seismically active. A 1979 Yapen earthquake, magnitude 7.5 earthquake in 1979 caused serious destruction and a tsunami, killing 115 people. Administrative Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yapen Rain Forests
The Yapen rain forests is a tropical moist forest ecoregion in Indonesia. The ecoregion covers the island of Yapen and smaller neighboring islands which lie north of New Guinea. Geography The ecoregion covers the island of Yapen, and the smaller islands of Mios Num to the northwest and Kurudu to the east. Yapen covers an area of 2,230 km2. The island is long and narrow, extending 166 km east and west and only 26 km north to south at the island's widest point. Hills and mountains run the length of the island. The highest peak is 1,430 m.Jared Diamond, K. David Bishop "Origins of the upland avifauna of Yapen Island, New Guinea region," Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 140(4), 423-448, (9 December 2020) The surface geology is limestone and plutonic rocks, including outcrops of ultramafic rock. The islands were connected to New Guinea during the ice ages when the sea level was lower, and shares many plants and animals with the adjacent mainland. Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papua (province)
Papua is a provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west. It roughly follows the borders of the Papuan customary region of Tabi Saireri, and is divided into eight regency (Indonesia), regencies () and one city (''kota''), the latter being the provincial capital of Jayapura. It is bordered by the nation of Papua New Guinea to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the north, Cenderawasih Bay to the west, and the provinces of Central Papua and Highland Papua to the south. The province also shares Maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with Palau in the Pacific. Papua, along with the five other Western New Guinea#Administration, Papuan provinces, has a higher degree of autonomy level compared to other Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian provinces. Before 2003, the province (known as Irian Barat from 1962 to 1973 and Irian Jaya from 1973 to 2002) covered the entirety of Western N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurudu Island
Kurudu Island is an island which lies east of Yapen Island in Cenderawasih Bay, lying off the north coast of Papua Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 21.49 km2 and had a population of 1,585 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 1,669. Administratively, the island forms a district (''distrik'') within the Yapen Islands Regency, and is sub-divided into 8 villages (''desa'') of which the administrative centre is Kirimbri. Its inhabitants speak the Kurudu language, one of the Yapen languages. History Kurudu Island, or known as ''Miobo Krudu'' by local peoples, is one of the islands included in the Yapen Islands, Papua province. It is said that this island was known in the past as a supplier of goods, both between fellow Papuan traders and with traders from outside. This can be known through various records of Europeans who have visited this island during the Dutch East India Company era until the arrival of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Yapen Earthquake
The 1979 Yapen earthquake occurred on September 12 at 05:17:51 UTC. It had an epicenter near the coast of Yapen Island in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Measuring 7.5 on the moment magnitude scale and having a depth of , it caused severe damage on the island. At least 115 were killed due to shaking and a moderate tsunami. Tectonic setting The northern coast of New Guinea is situated in a region of east–west oblique plate convergence between the Australian and Pacific plates. The oceanic crust of the Pacific plate subducts obliquely beneath New Guinea and nearby islands along the New Britain Trench and Manokwari Trough. A large component of this oblique convergence is accommodated by east–west left-lateral shear at a rate of 80 mm/yr. The shear zone is approximately long and is a complex zone of faults. The Sorong, Koor, Ransiki and Yapen faults are the largest structures forming the shear zone. Earthquake The earthquake occurred due to left-lateral strike-slip faulting on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yapen Languages (Papuan)
The Yawa languages, also known as Yapen languages, are a small family of two closely related Papuan languages, Yawa (or Yava) and Saweru. Due to their strong similarity, they are sometimes considered to be divergent dialects of a single language – in which case, that language would be an isolate. They are spoken on central Yapen Island and nearby islets, in Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesian Papua, which they share with the Austronesian Yapen languages. Yawa proper had 6000 speakers in 1987. Saweru has been variously reported: 1/ to be partially intelligible with other dialects of Yawa and to be considered a dialect of Yawa by its speakers, or 2/ to be too divergent for intelligibility and to be perceived as a separate language. Saweru is moribund, being spoken by 150 people out of an ethnic group of 300. Classification Linguist C. L. Voorhoeve tentatively linked Yawa with the East Geelvink Bay languages in his Geelvink Bay proposal. However, the relationship would b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amboi Islands
Ambai () are the archipelago or the chain of islands off the southern coast of Yapen Island, in Cenderawasih Bay and Papua Province in Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia. Islands The archipelago has five main islands, including Ambai and Saweru. There are seven medium-size islands and more than 15 smaller islands. The land area of the islands is . Locations of major islands in the Cenderawasih Bay: * Ambai Island * Saweru Island * Biak * Supiori Island * Yapen Marine Park The Ambai Islands include part of Cenderawasih Bay Marine Park which is the largest marine national park in Indonesia with an area of 1,453.5 km2. Because of its breadth, the park is divided into sections. Among them are "Padaido Islands Marine Park" in the east of Biak, the "Ambai Islands Marine" Park in southern Yapen, the "Harleem Islands Marine Park" in northeast Nabire, and lastly the "Cenderawasih Bay Marine Park" in the north of Wondama Bay. Biodiversity Generally, the Ambai Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serui
Serui Kota (Seroei) is a town and the capital of the Yapen Islands Regency of Papua (province), Papua, Indonesia. As of 2021, the town had a population of 13,568. It is located on the island of Yapen. References Yapen Islands Populated coastal places in Indonesia Regency seats of Papua (province) Populated places in Papua (province) {{Papua-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western New Guinea
Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region is also called West Papua (). It is one of the seven geographical units of Indonesia in ISO 3166-2:ID. Lying to the west of Papua New Guinea and geographically a part of the Australian continent, the territory is almost entirely in the Southern Hemisphere and includes the Biak and Raja Ampat archipelagoes. The region is predominantly covered with rainforest where traditional peoples live, including the Dani of the Baliem Valley. A large proportion of the population live in or near coastal areas. The largest city is Jayapura. The island of New Guinea has been populated for tens of thousands of years. European traders began frequenting the region around the late 16th century due to spice trade. In the end, the Dutch Empire emerged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuran Islands
The Kuran Islands (''Kepulauan Kuran'') are a group of small scattered islands, and part of the Yapen Islands archipelago in Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia. They are located off the southwestern coast of Yapen Yapen (also Japen, Jobi) is an island of Papua (province), Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is ... Island in Cenderawasih Bay. The Ambai Islands archipelago is to the east. See also * * Yapen Islands Archipelagoes of Indonesia Cenderawasih Bay Islands of Western New Guinea Landforms of Papua (province) {{Papua-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Yapen Yapen (also Japen, Jobi) is an island of Papua (province), Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is ... island to the west. Numfoor and Biak are to the north, with Aruri Strait in between. Yapen Islands Cenderawasih Bay Islands of Western New Guinea Landforms of Papua (province) Islands of Indonesia Uninhabited islands of Indonesia {{Papua-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
