Anambas Islands

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Anambas Islands
South China Sea - to the southwest are the Anambas Islands
South China Sea - to the southwest are the Anambas Islands
Waters South China Sea
Geographical location 3 ° 6 ′  N , 105 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 3 ° 6 ′  N , 105 ° 40 ′  E
Anambas Islands (Sumatra)
Anambas Islands
Main island Jemaja, Matak and Siantan
Total land area 670 km²
Residents 37,493 (2010)

The Anambas Islands ( Indonesian Kepulauan Anambas ) are an Indonesian group of islands in the South China Sea .

They belong to the province and archipelago of the Riau Islands and lie between Borneo and Malaysia , southwest of the Natuna Islands . Together with the Natuna , Badas and Tambelan Islands , they form the Tudjuh Archipelago . The Subi, Sejang and Seresan Islands also belong to this archipelago .

The islands lie between 5 ° 27 '15 "and 2 ° 50' 13" north latitude and 106 ° 13 '14 "and 105 ° 38' 4" east longitude. Their area is around 670 km².

The islands are sparsely populated, mainly by Buginese fishermen, descendants of a once powerful seafaring people. The main sources of income are fishing and coconuts . The islands are very popular with divers because of their coral reefs and sunken shipwrecks. One of the island destinations is the island of Bawah in the south of the group, on which an exclusive hotel is located in 2017.

The largest islands are Jemaja in the west and Matak and Siantan with the capital Terempa in the northeast of the archipelago. Other islands are Jemaja and Kiabu (Airabu) in the south, Telaga in the middle and Bajau and Mubur in the northeast - there are also other small islands. Matak, also known as Groß-Anamba, has an airport (IATA: MWK - ICAO: WIOM) and a port and is used by oil companies as a starting point for exploring for oil .

history

In the 19th and 20th centuries, the islands were part of the Dutch colonial empire . Naval battles between the Japanese and American fleets took place here in September 1942.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sector 1 Borneo - Northwest Coast and Kepulauan Tudjuh. (PDF) permanent.access.gpo.gov, accessed on June 18, 2015 (English).
  2. ↑ Map of the islands in the Natuna Sea. In: indonesiatravelingguide.com. Retrieved November 10, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Bjørn Grøtting: The Tambelan islands. In: bjorngrotting.com. January 3, 2011, accessed on June 18, 2015 (English): “The population are sparse, mainly simple fishing folk that are the descendants of the once mighty Bugis people. The main source of income is from sea products and coconuts. "
  4. ↑ An island is born. On the island of Bawah . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung . December 10, 2017, p. 67-68 .
  5. ↑ Jemaja. In: islands.unep.ch. Retrieved June 18, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Matak. In: islands.unep.ch. Retrieved June 18, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Siantan. In: islands.unep.ch. Retrieved June 18, 2015 .
  8. ↑ 3 ° 5 '  N , 106 ° 2'  E