Month: October 2012

Tokong Nanas Island

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Tokong Nanas Island Tokong Nanas island is one of the outermost island in Indonesian that located in Natuna islands and part of South China ocean that bordered with Malaysia. Administratively, this island is part of Natuna regency, Riau Archipelago. This island is in big rock stacks formation in the middle of the sea, which there is a lighthouse above the island. Tokong Nanas is uninhabited island, because it’s not capable to be stayed. The word Tokongnanas, was taken from the situation at the ancient times, where there were bushes of…

Subi Kecil Island

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Small Subi Island Subi Kecil or Small Subi island is included in the cluster of South Natuna Island. The island is quite wide with white sand and rocks on the edge of the beach. Most of the land is planted with oil by island residents who inhabit the island. Administratively, the island is located in the District of Subi, Natuna regency, Riau Islands Province. In this island there is a sub-district Subi. Small Subi Island is located in the Natuna Sea and borders with neighboring countries, Malaysia. To reach to…

Senua Island, The Exotic Uninhabited Island

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Senua Island Senua or Senoa is an outermost island, that located in South China ocean that has bordered with east Malaysia (north Kalimantan). This island is administratively part of Natuna regency, Riau Islands province. Senua island is located at the tip of East Bunguran Senubing cape, Natuna. The word of Senubing is taken from the local language, which means pregnant. Urban legend said that this island wan an incarnation of the pregnant lady named Mai Lamah. In fact, this island is shaped like pregnant belly. Senua island is famous for…

Sentut Island

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Sentut Island Sentut island, is other outermost island in Indonesia that located in a group of Riau Islands, Riau Islands Province. The island is in hilly shaped with sharp rocky beaches. Administratively, the island is included in the area of Sentut Mapur Village, East Bintan District, Bintan regency, Riau Islands province, this island is directly adjacent to a border Malaysia. There is no particular transportation to reach this island, but we can rent a fisherman’s boat to go to Sentut Island. To reach Sentut island, it takes 2 hours drive…

Semiun Island – Natuna

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Semiun Island Semiun Island is an outermost Indonesia’s island that located in the Natuna sea or part of the South China Sea, bordering with Malaysia and Vietnam. Semiun Island is a territory of Payang Village, Natuna regency, Riau Islands province. The island is formed in hilly shaped and on the side of the island there is a lighthouse. The island is an uninhabited island and only occupied by the lighthouse keeper. To reach Semiun island is quite difficult because there are no boats or ships that regularly sail to the…

Selayar Island

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Selayar Island Selayar is an island that located in Selayar islands regency, South Sulawesi. Selayar Island is separated from the mainland of South Sulawesi with an area of ??approximately 2000 km2 that stretches from north to south between Sulawesi island and Takabonerate island. At Selayar Islands regency, there are 123 islands, and 62 islands of those are inhabited. The west coast and the northern part of the island is in the form of rocks and steep cliffs, while the east coast and most of the south coast is a form…

Sekatung Island – Riau Islands

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Pulau Sekatung Sekatung Island is the outermost islands and it located in the north part of the province of Riau Islands, precisely located in the South China Sea and bordered by the country of Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia. Sekatung Island is a territory of the Natuna regency, Riau Islands province. Sekatung island is covering about 1.65 square kilometers. From Sekatung island, we get closer to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) than to Jakarta which is about more than 1,000 kilometers. The residents are consist of five group families which was…