Lampung Bay () is a large bay located on the southern tip of

Sumatra Island 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 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi.2), including adjacent i ...

in the

Sunda Strait The Sunda Strait () is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Java island, Java and Sumatra. It connects the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean. Etymology The strait takes its name from the Sunda Kingdom, which ruled the western portion of Ja ...

waters. At the southern tip of Sumatra there are two large bays,

Semangka Bay Semangka Bay () is a large bay located on the southern tip of Sumatra Island. At the southern tip of Sumatra there are two large bays, Teluk Semangka is located in the western part. On the east side of the bay stretches Tanggamus Regency Ta ...

is located in the Eastern part. On the east side of the bay stretches

Lampung Lampung, officially the Province of Lampung (; ), is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra. It has a short border with the province of Bengkulu to the northwest, and a longer border with the provi ...

, with the capital city of

located at the northern end of the bay. Two rivers that discharge into the Bay divide Bandar Lampung City. Lampung bay is located between Bandar Lampung City,

South Lampung Regency South Lampung Regency () is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia, a strip of land surrounding the provincial capital of Bandar Lampung on its northern and eastern sides. The regency is bounded to the west by the new Pes ...

and

Pesawaran Regency Pesawaran Regency is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency (''kabupaten'') of Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,278.21 km2, and had a population of 398,848 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 477,468 ...

. Panjang Port is also located in this bay. The Bay of Lampung, which covers an area of 1,888 square km, is a shallow water area with an average depth of 20 meters. The Bay contains a significant Mangrove ecosystem that would be a good candidate for

mangrove restoration Mangrove restoration is the regeneration of mangrove forest ecosystems in areas where they have previously existed. Restoration can be defined as "the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed ...

. A 2020 survey of stakeholders in the bay, including artisanal fishers, shrimp fishers and other fishery communities found that the communities preferred restoration processes focused on mangrove tourism.

Islands in Lampung Bay

* Pasaran Island * Sebesi Island * Sebuku Island *

Legundi Island Pulau Legundi (also spelled Lagoendi) is an Indonesian island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. It is one of the larger islands in the Strait and lies at the western end of Sumatra's Lampong Bay, in the province of Lampung. Populati ...

* Kelagian Island *

Condong Laut Island () is a Balinese dance which is often performed as a preface to legong and accompanied by the semar pangulingan style of gamelan. The term also refers to a stock character, a quintessential representation of the maidservant, found in the cond ...

* Tangkil Island * Tegal Mas Island * other small islands

References

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