Augusta Island

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Augusta Island
Waters Lake Halmahera , Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Raja Ampat
Geographical location 0 ° 39 ′  S , 130 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 39 ′  S , 130 ° 35 ′  E
Augusta Island (Moluccas-Papua)
Augusta Island

The Augusta Island is a small island of the archipelago of Raja Ampat off the coast of West New Guinea ( Indonesia ).

geography

The Augusta Island is located in Dampierstrasse , northwest of the Vogelkop Peninsula of New Guinea . The closest neighbor is the Duiveninsel in the southeast . Further to the north is the larger island of Mansuar , to the south, across the Dampier Strait, the island of Batanta , one of the main islands of the archipelago of Raja Ampat , which also includes the Augusta Island . This forms the administrative district of Raja Ampat in the province of West Papua .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the region , accessed on April 24, 2015.
  2. Map of the archipelago of Raja Ampat ( memento of May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 21, 2015.