Lingga Islands
Lingga Islands | |
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The island of Cempah | |
Waters | South China Sea |
Geographical location | 0 ° 16 ′ S , 104 ° 29 ′ E |
Main island | Lingga and Singkep |
The port of Iago on the north coast of Singkep, near Lingga Island |
The Lingga Islands ( Indonesian Kepulauan Lingga ) are off the east coast of Sumatra in the Malay Archipelago , south of the Riau Archipelago counting Rempang and Bintan .
The inhabitants are Malay , Bugis and Chinese .
The archipelago consists of:
- Lingga , one of the two large islands, lies at the level of the equator, has an area of 889.2 km² and a coastline of 228.2 km. The Lingga Mountains reach a height of 1163 m. A port in the south is Bukit Cening .
- Singkep , the second large island with the most important, small town Dabo Singkep in the east and the port of Jago in the north. It has an area of 757.3 km² and a coastline of 174.9 km and reaches an altitude of 475 m. Near to the west is the small island of Posik .
- Selayar , between Lingga and Singkep
- Sebangka , north of Lingga and east of Bakung
- Bakung , north of Lingga and west of Sebangka
Other small islands:
- Senayang , Kapas , Kentar and Mowang
- Lobam and Cempah , west of Sebangka
- Mesanak , north of Senayang
- Temiang , northwest of Senayang
Ferries go to Tanjung Pinang on Bintan .
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- ↑ Lingga. islands.unep.ch, accessed on June 18, 2015 .
- ^ Jan Boonstra: Singapore Cycling - Lingga. chollian.net, June 2003, archived from the original on June 22, 2003 ; Retrieved June 18, 2015 .
- ↑ Singkep. islands.unep.ch, accessed on June 18, 2015 .
- ^ Jan Boonstra: Singapore Cycling - Singkep. chollian.net, June 1, 2005, archived from the original on June 1, 2012 ; Retrieved June 18, 2015 .