Lingga Islands

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Ernst Haeckel: Lingga Islands in the Sea of ​​Insulinde, under the equator (1905)
Lingga Islands
The island of Cempah
The island of Cempah
Waters South China Sea
Geographical location 0 ° 16 ′  S , 104 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 16 ′  S , 104 ° 29 ′  E
Map of Lingga Islands
Main island Lingga and Singkep
The port of Iago on the north coast of Singkep, near Lingga Island
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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  1. ↑ Lingga. islands.unep.ch, accessed on June 18, 2015 .
  2. ^ Jan Boonstra: Singapore Cycling - Lingga. chollian.net, June 2003, archived from the original on June 22, 2003 ; Retrieved June 18, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Singkep. islands.unep.ch, accessed on June 18, 2015 .
  4. ^ Jan Boonstra: Singapore Cycling - Singkep. chollian.net, June 1, 2005, archived from the original on June 1, 2012 ; Retrieved June 18, 2015 .

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