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Sumatra
(also spelled
Sumatera) is the sixth largest island
in the world (approximately 470,000 km?) and is the
largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger
islands,
Borneo
and
New Guinea, are
partially in Indonesia).
An ancient name for
Sumatra was Swarna Dwipa, (Sanskrit
for Isle of Gold), apparently based on the fact that
mines in the
Sumatran
highlands were exporting gold from fairly early times.
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Java
(Indonesian, Javanese, and
Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia and the site
of its capital city
Jakarta. Once
the centre of powerful Hindu kingdoms and the core of
the
Colonial
Dutch East Indies,
Java now
plays a dominant role in the economic and political life
of Indonesia. Housing a population of 124 million, it is
the most populous island in the world.
Java is also
one of the most densely populated regions on Earth.
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Borneo
is the third largest island in the world and is located
at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia.
Administratively, this island is divided between
Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. Indonesia's
region of
Borneo is called
Kalimantan,
while Malaysia's region of
Borneo
is called East Malaysia or Malaysian
Borneo.
Borneo
is surrounded by the South China Sea to the north and
northwest, the Sulu Sea to the northeast, the
Celebes
Sea and the
Makassar Strait
to the east, and the
Java
Sea and Karimata Strait to the south. It has an area of
743,330 km? (287,000 square miles).
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Sulawesi
(formerly more commonly known as
Celebes, a
Portuguese-originated form of the name) is one of the
four larger
Sunda Islands
of Indonesia and is situated between
Borneo and the
Maluku Islands.
The Portuguese were the first to refer to
Sulawesi
as 'Celebes' however the origins of this name are
unclear. One suggestion is the
Bugis word
si-lebih for 'more islands' - a reference to its shape
suggesting it was more than one island.
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The
Nusa Tenggara
(little Southeast Islands), or
Lesser Sunda Islands,
are a group of islands in the middle-south part of the
Malay Archipelago. Together with the Greater Sunda
Islands to the west they make up the
Sunda Islands.
The islands are part of a volcanic arc, the
Sunda
Archipelago, formed by seduction along the
Java Trench.
They are split into East Timor and the
Indonesian
provinces of
Bali,
West Nusa Tenggara,
and part of East
Nusa Tenggara.
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The
Maluku
Islands (also known as the
Moluccas,
Moluccan Islands,
the
Spice Islands or
simply
Maluku) are an
archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Malay
Archipelago. They are located on the Australian Plate,
lying east of
Sulawesi (Celebes),
west of
New Guinea, and
north of Timor. The islands were also historically known
as the "Spice
Islands" by the Chinese and Europeans,
but this term has also been applied to other islands.
Most of the islands are
mountainous, some with active
Volcanoes, and
enjoy a wet climate.
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New Guinea is the Indonesian western half
of the island of
New Guinea and
consists of two provinces,
Papua and
West Papua. It
was previously known by various names, including
Netherlands
New Guinea
(1895–1 October 1962),
West New Guinea
(1 October 1962–1 May 1963),
West Irian
(1 May 1963–1973), and
Irian Jaya
(1973–2000). The incorporation of
Western New Guinea
into Indonesia remains controversial with human rights
NGOs, including some supporters in the United States
Congress and other bodies, as well as many of the
territory's indigenous population. Many indigenous
inhabitants and human rights NGOs refer to it as
West Papua.
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Indonesia is an ideal place
for
sailing due to its vast number of islands and
pristine waters full of exotic animal and plant life.
There are a variety of
sailing excursions on offer in
Indonesia and some tourists come to this region
primarily to sail, but once you take a sailing trip you
will see why.
The nameless tiny islands
that litter the vast blue water with the inviting
white sandy beaches touched by no one,
the coral
reefs, the peace and quite are some of the
attractions that
sailing in Indonesia has to offer.
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The best way to explore and
appreciate the rich geographical
and
cultural diversity of Indonesia is to set out on foot:
to hike, to trek or to climb into the fascinating
environments and beautiful countryside of this diverse,
exotic land.
If you intend to really immerse yourself in unique
Indonesian trekking experiences, you have four main
options:
hiking up live volcanoes;
climbing mountains;
exploring remote cultures; or
tracking through jungles.
Note that the
hikes and treks described here are just a
few examples of what's available - there are countless
others, less well-known but just as remarkable in their
way.
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Indonesia has such a superb
array of
liveaboards destinations that any one of its
lesser known attractions would be major
draw cards
elsewhere in the world.
The
Komodo Island National Marine Park
continues to be our most popular
Indonesia liveaboards
destination. Strong currents sweep rich plankton
harvests into the shallow water channels around these
islands, attracting large, feeding
pelagics such as
whale sharks and manta rays. The walls field an
incredible amount of colourful filter feeders, such as
sea apples, sea squirts, tunicates and crinoids.
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Surfing in
Indonesia
is a very popular sport. In fact, Indonesia has an
equatorial type of climate which is perfectly suited to
Surfing. There are two seasons which have the effect of
the neighboring seas and is determined by the monsoons.
The dry season extends from June to September while the
wet season is from November to March. The average
Relative humidity is generally 80% throughout the year.
The climate is also accompanied by thunderstorms.
There are
9 surf regions in Indonesia. These are
Sumatra,
Mentawai,
East Bali,
Sumbawa,
Sumba, Roti East
Indonesia,
Java,
Bali and
Lombok.
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