Bay of Tibar

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Bay of Tibar
Bay of Tibar

Bay of Tibar

Waters Wetar Strait
Land mass Timor
Geographical location 8 ° 34 '14 "  S , 125 ° 28' 38"  O Coordinates: 8 ° 34 '14 "  S , 125 ° 28' 38"  O
Bay of Tibar (East Timor)
Bay of Tibar
Tributaries Rihlu
Bay of Tibar

Bay of Tibar

The bay of Tibar is located on the north coast of the island of Timor , which belongs to the Lesser Sunda Islands .

geography

The municipality of Liquiçá with the Bay of Tibar to the east

The bay is located in the far east of the municipality of Liquiçá . The east end of the bay is Cape Ponta Açoilo . The River Rihlu flows into the mangrove swamp on the south bank .

economy

There are fish ponds in the bay. Sea salt is also extracted.

On June 14, 2017, the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the new Dili cargo port in the Bay of Tibar took place.

Web links

Commons : Bay of Tibar  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Timor-Leste GIS-Portal ( Memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Government of East Timor: Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Tibar Port Project , June 16, 2017 , accessed June 19, 2017.
  3. Lao Hamutuk: Tibar Bay Port PPP , 2014 , accessed June 26, 2015.