The Taka Bonerate Islands in

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consist of 28 atoll islands (including Latondu, Rajuni, Tinabo, Pasi Telu, and Taka Lumungan), together with the larger island of Kayuadi lying west of the atoll. They lie about 3 to 4 hours by boat from Benteng, the administrative capital of the

Selayar Islands Selayar or Saleyer (Indonesian: ''Kabupaten Selayar'', Dutch: ''Saleijer''), is an archipelago of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia. It lies in the Flores Sea, between Sulawesi and Flores, around 150 km southeast of the major city of Makass ...

. Together they make up the Takabonerate

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Selayar Regency The Selayar Islands Regency ( , , ) is a regency of Indonesia in South Sulawesi province that covers the Selayar Islands, which lie southeast of the southern peninsula of Sulawesi. The archipelago consists of the group's main island ( Selayar I ...

South Sulawesi South Sulawesi () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province in the South Peninsula, Sulawesi, southern peninsula of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital and largest ci ...

Province. It is part of a National Marine Park, with

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sites,

pelagic fish Pelagic fish live in the pelagic zone of ocean or lake waters—being neither close to the bottom nor near the shore—in contrast with demersal fish that live on or near the bottom, and reef fish that are associated with coral reefs. ...

es, dolphins,

turtle Turtles are reptiles of the order (biology), order Testudines, characterized by a special turtle shell, shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Crypt ...

s, many soft

coral Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the subphylum Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important Coral ...

sea fan Alcyonacea is the old scientific order name for the informal group known as "soft corals". It is now an unaccepted name for class Octocorallia. It became deprecated . The following text should be considered a historical, outdated way of treat ...

s. Also it is the third largest atoll in the world.map of dive sites in Central and South Sulawesi: Tukangbesi, Pasarwajo, Moromaho, Makassar, Togian, Banggai, Selayar (Zubi) Print version
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{{authority control Archipelagoes of Indonesia Landforms of South Sulawesi Islands of Sulawesi Uninhabited islands of Indonesia

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