Famines
| Famines | ||
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| Waters | Halmahera Lake | |
| archipelago | Raja Ampat | |
| Geographical location | 0 ° 40 ′ S , 130 ° 17 ′ E | |
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| Main island | Fam | |
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The Faminseln are a group of islands in the Halmahera Sea . They belong to the Indonesian archipelago Raja Ampat .
geography
The Faminseln are located at the western end of the Dampierstrasse (West Papua) , northwest of the Vogelkop Peninsula of New Guinea , in the northwest of Raja Ampat. To the east are the Woodford Reefs , to the northeast are the islands of Waigeo and Gam , to the northwest the island of Gag and southwest the island of Batanta . To the west are the small islands of Mios , Mios Ga , Miosging and Yef Doif .
The islands form a small arch, in the center of which lies the main island Fam with the places Fam and Saukabu . To the north are the islands of Penemu ( Groß-Fam , Fam Besar ) and Keroeo . South of the island of Fam are the islands of Manaru , Nokkor , Inus , Naffi , Ba , Fambemuk , Groß- and Kleinanau . The arch of the island ends in the southwest with the islands of Yar and Mingiman . Ambambee Island is just off Fam's northwest coast .
The Faminseln belong to the district of West Waigeo Islands ( Waigeo Barat Kepulauan ) in the administrative district of Raja Ampat (province of West Papua ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map of Raja Ampat , accessed May 26, 2015.
- ↑ a b Map of the region , accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Map of the archipelago of Raja Ampat ( memento of May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 21, 2015.
