Karakelong

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Karakelong
At Beo (1899/1900)
At Beo (1899/1900)
Waters Moluccan Sea , Philippine Sea
Archipelago Talaud Islands
Geographical location 4 ° 18 '  N , 126 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 4 ° 18 '  N , 126 ° 48'  E
Karakelong (Sulawesi)
Karakelong
surface 970 km²dep1
Highest elevation 650  m
main place Melonguan
The Talaud Islands in the North Sulawesi Province
The Talaud Islands in the North Sulawesi Province

Karakelong (Karakelang, Pulau Karakelong) is the largest island in the Indonesian Talaud Islands .

geography

Big fig tree (1926)

The Talaud Islands are located northeast of Sulawesi and form the administrative district of Talaud in the province of North Sulawesi ( Indonesian Sulawesi Utara ). The Sangihe Islands lie between the Talaud Islands and Sulawesi . To the northeast of Karakelong are the Nanusa Islands , to the southwest of Karakelong, the islands of Salibabu and Kaburuang .

The main town of the administrative district is Melonguane in the southwest of Karakelong. About 1,600 people lived in it in 2010. A little north of it is the place Niampak (500 inhabitants). Other localities are Essang (400 inhabitants) and Gemeh (600 inhabitants) in the north , Beo (1000 inhabitants) on the west coast and Rainis (700 inhabitants) on the east coast .

Karkelong is about 970 km². The highest mountain is 650  m high. In addition to coastal vegetation and plantations, the island also has scrubland and jungle.

fauna

Gray-headed monarch (Monarcha cinerascens) from Karakelong

It was not until the end of the 20th century that the ornithologist Frank Lambert “discovered” the Karakelong keel rail (Amaurornis magnirostris) and Talaud island rail (Gymnocrex talaudensis) on Karakelong, which were previously unknown to science . The diademed lory (Eos histrio) and the Talaud flying fox are also endemic here . The South Asian water bat has a wider distribution . Other bird species indigenous here are for example the monk's caterpillar catcher (Edolisoma tenuirostre) , the cinnamon paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone cinnamomea) , the gray-headed monarch (Monarcha cinerascens) and the Talautliest (Todiramphus enigma) . The native Candoia paulsoni is one of the Pacific boas .

Residents

The majority of the population are Protestant Christians. The native language Talaud is counted among the Malayo-Polynesian languages .

history

There were historical finds in the island's caves. In the Balangingi Cave ( Indonesian Leang Balangingi ) more than 2000 potsherds, green and red glass beads and fragments of bronze and copper were discovered. Radiocarbon studies of charcoal at the site revealed an age of around 950 years.

Economy and Transport

Melnonguane has one airport, Melangguane Airport .

Web links

Commons : Karakelong  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Great World Atlas, Millenium House, 2009, ISBN 978-1-921209-31-4 .
  2. ↑ List of the administrative units of Indonesia down to the Desas 2010 ( Memento from April 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 5.9 MB)
  3. ↑ a b André KOCH, Evy ARIDA, Awal RIYANTO & Wolfgang BÖHME: Islands between the realms: a revised checklist of the herpetofauna of the Talaud Archipelago, Indonesia, with a discussion about its biogeographic affinities , 2009 , accessed on January 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b TOURISM POTENTIAL IN THE ISLAND OF KARAKELONG, NORTH SULAWESI , Berkala Arkeologi Vol.32 Edisi No.2 / November 2012 , accessed on January 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ Internet Bird Collection: Species with materials recorded in Karakelong Island , accessed January 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ Ethnolouge: Talaud , accessed January 1, 2018.
  7. ↑ airportia.com: Melangguane Airport MNA , accessed January 1, 2018.