Mayalibit Bay
| Mayalibit Bay | ||
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 Drummers in the village of Waifoi at the northeast end of Mayalibit Bay |
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| Waters | Dampierstrasse | |
| Land mass | Waigeo | |
| Geographical location | 0 ° 12 ′ S , 130 ° 45 ′ E | |
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| width | Max. 9.6 km | |
| length | 47 km | |
| Islands | Beo | |
| Tributaries | Sungai Wairamak (northeast) Sungai Bam (northeast) Sungai Kajawe (northwest) |
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 Topographic map sheet (1942) |
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The Mayalibit Bay ( Indonesian Teluk Mayalibit ) is located on the south coast of the island Waigeo , which belongs to the archipelago of Raja Ampat .
geography
The Mayalibit Bay, which cuts 47 kilometers deep into the double island of Waigeo from the south, divides the island into a western and an eastern half, with the exception of a two-kilometer narrow land bridge in the north. In the south-east, the bay, which is a maximum of 9.6 km wide, opens onto a narrow, in places less than 800 meters wide, waterway to Dampierstrasse . There are several islands in the north of the bay and on its coast in the south.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of the archipelago of Raja Ampat ( memento of May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 21, 2015.
