Tag: Riau Islands

Penyengat Island – Riau Islands

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Penyengat Island Penyengat Island is a small island that is approximately 6 km from the town of Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands province. This island measures approximately 2500 meters x 750 meters, and is approximately 35 km from the island of Batam. This island can be reached by using a boat or better known by pompong boat. By using pompong boat, it takes approximately 15 minutes drive. Penyengat Island is one of tourist attractions in Riau Islands. One of the objects that can be seen are Sultan Riau Great Mosque that…

Mangkai Island

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Mangkai Island Mangkai island is one of the outermost islands that located in the group of Anambas Islands. This hilly island is having white sandy beaches and rocky land. On the next to Mangkai island there is also a small Mangkai island in smaller size. The island is inhabited only by the lighthouse keeper and the Navy. Administratively, this islands are part to the area of Keramut village, Jemaja districts, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands province. The island is located in the Natuna Sea and it borders to Malaysia. To access…

Lingga Islands And The Charm Of Daik Mountain

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Lingga Islands The Lingga Islands or Lingga Archipelago or Kepulauan Lingga is a group of islands that located in south of Singapore, along both sides of the equator, off the eastern coast of Riau Islands province and south of the populated Riau Archipelago. Lingga derives its name from the profile of Mount Daik; Lingam is the Sanskrit word for phallus. This mountain has three sharp teeth as peak, one of them seems to have broken off at its base, and it was immortalized by Malay poets as the symbol of…

Pulau Kepala, Riau Archipelago

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Pulau Kepala Pulau Kepala or Head Island is one of the outermost islands in Indonesia, it located in the Natuna sea or part of the South China Sea and bordering the east Malaysian state. Head Island is a territory of the Natuna regency, Riau Islands province. This island is also the nearest island to Serasan islands, and it located in the northwest of West Kalimantan province. Administratively, the island is located in the Nusa village, District Serasan, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands province. Pulau Kepala is looks like a stretch of…

Galang Island, The Land Of The Vietnamese Refugees

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Galang Island Galang or Pulau Galang, is an island of 80 km2 located 25 m (40 km) southeast of Batam, it belongs to a group of three islands called Barelang (an abbreviation of Batam-Rempang-Galang). This island is also part of the Riau Archipelago, Indonesia, and Galang is located just south of Batam and Rempang which themselves are just south of Singapore and Johor. The nearest city to Galang is Tanjung Pinang on Bintan, about a 30-minute boat ride away. The island is connected by the Barelang Bridge to Rempang and…

Damar Island

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Damar Island Damar Island is one of the outermost islands in Indonesia, it located in the Natuna Sea, or part of the South China Sea, which borders Malaysia. Damar Island is an area of Anambas Islands regency, Riau Islands province. To reach Damar island, the trip can be started from Batam to Palmatak, which is the capital of Matak by using single plane, followed by renting a speedboat towards the capital Letung, the capital of Jemaja districts. From Letung, we can continue using a medium-sized motor boat to Damar island…

Bintan Island, The Largest One In The Archipelago

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Bintan Island Bintan Island is one of islands in the Riau Islands province, where there is a city of Tanjung Pinang ad the provincial capital of Riau. The island has two Governments, the Tanjungpinang City governmental is located in Senggarang and Tanjungpinang, while Bintan governmental is located in Bandar Seri Bintan. Bintan island is nearest island to the state of Singapore. Bintan island is also popular as Negeri Segantang Lada, at 3rd century the island flourished as a trading post on the route between China and India, and over the…

Batam Island, A Multy-Ethnic Land With Tropical Elements

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Batam Island Batam Island is an island in the Riau Islands province, where there is a city of Batam. This island is the island’s most adjacent to the state of Singapore, which just separated by a strait of 15 km wide, and a free trade zone (FTZ); part of the Sijori (Singapore, Johor (Malaysia) and the Riau Islands (Indonesia)). Through five ferry’s terminal on the island of Batam, we can travel to Singapore and Johor (one of the countries that make up Malaysia) through Sekupang Port, Port of Batam Centre,…

Abang Island, The Beauty Beneath The Water

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Abang Island Abang Island is a small island that located in southern part of Batam city, Riau archipelago. This island is sized for about 2000 x 5000 m, and it has distance 50 Km from Muka Kuning, Batam island. To reach Abang island, we can use boat or it known as Bot Pompong, from 6 Balerang bridge (12 km). Abang island is one of tourism destinations that being developed by Batam city government. In addition to its beautiful beaches with coral reefs and many kinds of colorful fish, Abang island…

Riau Archipelago, The Home Of Diversity

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Riau Archipelago Riau islands is an archipelago that becomes part of Riau Islands Province, together with Tudjuh archipelago and Lingga islands. This Riau archipelago has bordered with Vietnam and Kamboja in North, Malaysia and West Kalimantan province in east, Bangka Belitung province and Jambi in south, Singapore, Malaysia and Riau Province in West. The language of the Riau Islands is known as Riau Malay. The Riau Islands are considered the birthplace of the modern Malay language, though it was the classical Malaccan Malay of the Johor court rather than Riau…