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Alor Island
Alor Island (Pulau Alor), largest island of Indonesia's Alor Archipelago in East Nusa Tenggara, volcanic inner Banda Arc island of about 2,119 km² with 40,000-year-old Makpan cave occupation, high seismicity, and Kalabahi as main town.
Bangka Island
Pulau Bangka (Bangka Island), Indonesian island east of Sumatra in Kepulauan Bangka Belitung province; name from Sanskrit Wangka, tin. 11,528 km2, four regencies plus Pangkalpinang, Dutch tin mining from 1851, Billiton Maatschappij 1860.
Billiton
Billiton is the Dutch colonial name for Belitung, an Indonesian island off the east coast of Sumatra known for its granite landscape and historic tin mines.
Gili Santigi
Gili Santigi: a name plotted on tourist maps of the Gili Islands, Lombok, Indonesia; also a Gili Air home stay, the former name of Pantai Senggigi, and the plant Pemphis acidula.
Halmahera Island
Halmahera, largest island of Indonesia's Moluccas (Spice Islands) in North Maluku, a K-shaped volcanic island of about 18,000 km2 in Wallacea, home to Mount Dukono and exceptional endemism.
Madura
Madura (Pulau Madura, Polo Madhurâ), Indonesian island off northeast Java in East Java province, divided into Bangkalan, Sampang, Pamekasan, and Sumenep regencies; infertile limestone terrain, salt, tobacco, and cattle economy, linked to Surabaya by the 5.4 km Suramadu bridge.
Misool Island
Misool Island, southernmost of Raja Ampat's four main islands in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. Known for Silurian-Devonian rocks, karst and marine lakes, the 300,000-acre Misool Marine Reserve, prehistoric rock art, and reef biodiversity.
Natuna Besar
Natuna Besar (Bunguran), largest island of Indonesia's Natuna archipelago in the South China Sea, Riau Islands Province; town Ranai, Gunung Ranai 959 m, Malay-peninsular bird genetics, endemic Kekah langur.
Nias
Nias is an Indonesian island off western Sumatra, home of the Ono Niha people, megalithic culture, earthquake-resistant Omo Hada houses, late Dutch pacification (1914), the 2005 Mw 8.6 earthquake, and Sorake surfing.
Pulau Adonara
Pulau Adonara (Adonara Island), Indonesian island in the Solor Archipelago, East Flores Regency, NTT; 580 km2, dominated by Iliboleng volcano (1,659 m, last erupted 1993); former Portuguese mission island and 16th-17th century trade port.
Pulau Akalo
Pulau Akalo is a small Indonesian islet in Central Sulawesi, listed at 1.4S 123.16E in some databases as Sulawesi Tenggara; distinct from Akalo localities in Nigeria and Uganda.
Pulau Ambon
Pulau Ambon (Ambon Island) is a 775 km² volcanic island in the Banda Sea, Maluku, Indonesia, southwest of Seram, hosting provincial capital Kota Ambon; two peninsulas flank tectonic Ambon Bay, with Plio-Quaternary ambonite volcanism and Suli-Tulehu geothermal potential.
Pulau Babar
Pulau Babar (Babar Island), main island of the Babar Island Group in Southwest Maluku Regency, Indonesia; coralline limestone, 386 m elevation, satellites Dai, Dawera, Daweloor, Marsela, Wetang; Lettic languages, historic barter networks, Dutch contact from 1882.
Pulau Belitung
Pulau Belitung, known on maps as Billiton, is an Indonesian island off east Sumatra named a UNESCO Global Geopark in 2021 for its granite landscape and tin heritage.
Pulau Bori
Pulau Bori (Bori Besar, Pulau Bori Besar) is an islet in North Maluku Province, Indonesia, near Bacan; GeoNames ID 1648153, Wikidata Q24997228, with neighboring Bori Kecil Island and villages Babang and Bori nearby.
Pulau Kabaena
Pulau Kabaena (Kabaena, Tokotua) is an 873-894 km2 island in the Flores Sea off Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, in Bombana Regency; known for its ophiolite nickel laterite deposits, Bajau coastal communities, and severe nickel-mining deforestation and marine pollution.
Pulau Karakelang
Pulau Karakelang (Karakelong), largest island of Indonesia's Talaud Islands in North Sulawesi, holds regency capital Melonguane, Mount Manuk at 648 m, endemic birds, and Neolithic cave sites.
Pulau Kawula
Pulau Kawula (Kewula, Kawela) is a colonial-era name for Lembata island in the Solor archipelago, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, formerly mapped as Lomblen; renamed Lembata in the 1960s, capital Lewoleba, home to Lamalera whalers and Mount Ili Lewotolok.
Pulau Koholifano
Pulau Koholifano, also Kogholifano Island, is a small inhabited island and village in the Buton Strait, Muna Regency, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, near Mataindaha. About 151 hectares, 2-9 m elevation, rocky elliptical shoreline, roughly 900 Muna-speaking Muslim villagers living by fishing and farming.
Pulau Komoran
Pulau Komoran, also called Pulau Komolom or Silam, is a flat, sparsely populated Indonesian island of about 695 km² south-east of Yos Sudarso Island, South Papua.
Pulau Laut
Pulau Laut, or Laut Island, is an Indonesian island in Kotabaru Regency, South Kalimantan, lying off southeastern Borneo and separated from the mainland by the Selat Laut.
Pulau Mangole
Pulau Mangole (Mangoli) is one of the three main Sula Islands in Kepulauan Sula Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia, at about 1.84°S, 125.85°E, home to the Mangole people and coconut, clove, nutmeg, and cocoa farming.
Pulau Maya
Pulau Maya (Pulau Maja, Maya Island) is an island in the Maya-Karimata group, Karimata Strait, North Kayong Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, separated from Borneo by Selat Maya, with Gunung Dusun at 529 m and Hindu-Buddhist archaeological sites.
Pulau Middle Ketir
Pulau Middle Ketir, also known as Keter Laut, is a low, wooded islet in Bintan Regency, Riau Islands, Indonesia, lying off the southern coast of Pulau Bintan.
Pulau Nuhuyut
Pulau Nuhuyut (Nuhu Yuut) is an island in the Kei Islands, Maluku, Indonesia, near Ohoiwat and Fako at 5°37′S 133°02′E, elevation 278 m; the name is also the indigenous designation of Kei Besar, Great Kei.
Pulau Obi
Pulau Obi (Obira, Groot Obi), main island of the Obi Islands in South Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia; 2,542 km2 hilly island with nickel mining by Harita Group since 2010, distinct from Pulau Ubin, Singapore.
Pulau Pagai Utara
Pulau Pagai Utara (North Pagai), 622.3 km2 Mentawai island off west Sumatra at 2.67S 100.10E; district population 6,495 (2023), main settlement Sikakap, high coastal vulnerability, 2010 tsunami affected east coast.
Pulau Pandang
Pulau Pandang (Pandang Island), an island in Batu Bara Regency, North Sumatra, in the Malacca Strait, known for granite coast, lighthouse, coral reefs, and a proposed 658.93-hectare marine conservation area.
Pulau Pantar
Pulau Pantar (Pantar Island), Indonesian island west of Alor in East Nusa Tenggara's Alor Regency; 728 km², 42,557 people (2017), active Sirung volcano, Pantar Strait marine reserve, Baranusa capital.
Pulau Rangsang
Pulau Rangsang (Rangsang Island) is a 908 km² island in Meranti Islands Regency, Riau, Indonesia, between Sumatra and Singapore, divided into three sub-districts, with severe coastal abrasion and border-zone development.